Silk cocoon model

Museum number:
9-15875a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210915875a@2dc
Alternate number:
3665 (previous number (Design Dept.), PPIE)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Enlarged models of silk cocoons. Wood covered with textured which silk.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Cocoon C— length 5 inches, Cocoon A— length 11 inches, and Cocoon B— length 9 inches
Loans:
S1979-1980 #61: Oakland Museum of California (May 16, 1972–May 21, 2008)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Silk cocoon model, accession number 9-15875a-c, described as Enlarged models of silk cocoons. Wood covered with textured which silk.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Silk cocoon model, accession number 9-15875a-c, described as Enlarged models of silk cocoons. Wood covered with textured which silk.

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