Silk yarn
Silk Yarn
2014 (made)
2014 (made)
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Silk is reeled or spun from the filaments of the silkworm’s cocoon and then woven. Indian ‘wild’ silks come from the larvae of the Antheraea genus of moths, which are native to eastern and central India. Mulberry silk was introduced to India from China about 2000 years ago. Different parts of silk cocoons are used to make different textures of silk yarn.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Title | Silk yarn (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Handspun tasar silk |
| Brief description | Handspun tasar silk (jhurri) yarn, India, 2014 |
| Physical description | Three skeins of undyed, handspun tasar silk (jhurri) |
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| Summary | Silk is reeled or spun from the filaments of the silkworm’s cocoon and then woven. Indian ‘wild’ silks come from the larvae of the Antheraea genus of moths, which are native to eastern and central India. Mulberry silk was introduced to India from China about 2000 years ago. Different parts of silk cocoons are used to make different textures of silk yarn. |
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| Accession number | IS.23:1 to 3-2015 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2015 |
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