Fabricated silk worms

Museum number:
9-15874
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3666 (previous number (Design Dept.), PPIE) and L72.108.10 (OMCA loan number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
ceramic and wax caterpillars - silk worms. These were part of an exact set up of how the worms were grown, fed and kept until cocoons were spun and collected. Goes with UCDD 3656-3677,
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #61: Oakland Museum of California (May 16, 1972–May 21, 2008)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fabricated silk worms, accession number 9-15874, described as ceramic and wax caterpillars - silk worms. These were part of an exact set up of how the worms were grown, fed and kept until cocoons were spun and collected. Goes with UCDD 3656-3677,
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fabricated silk worms, accession number 9-15874, described as ceramic and wax caterpillars - silk worms. These were part of an exact set up of how the worms were grown, fed and kept until cocoons were spun and collected. Goes with UCDD 3656-3677,Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fabricated silk worms, accession number 9-15874, described as ceramic and wax caterpillars - silk worms. These were part of an exact set up of how the worms were grown, fed and kept until cocoons were spun and collected. Goes with UCDD 3656-3677,

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