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Cocoons
Tienfont agricultural cooperative
Man drying silkworm cocoons over a charcoal pan
Rearing of silkworms in Kashmir, 1930
Silkworm cocoons at an Indian market, 1930
Indian women sort silkworm cocoons, 1930
Drying Silk Cocoons in India
Spinning Silk, Silk Making in Japan, 1878
Spinning Silk, Silk Making in Japan, 1878
Chinese silk - dyeing and weaving
Chinese silk - winding from the cocoons
Chinese silk - cleaning the cocoons
Emperor Moth
Boiling Silkworm Cocoons, Silk Making in China
Soaking Cocoons, Silk Making in China
Jean-Henrl Fabre, French Entomologist
Number five
Number four
A Japanese woman, with one shoe (geta) off (to operate spinn
STAGES OF THE SILKWORM
Feeding Silkworms - China
Chinese Silk Industry
Sorting Silk Cocoons
Boats - Sailing - Ships
United Kingdom - Ireland
Boats - Sailing - Ships
Silkworms spinning their cocoons in straw trusses
Monk making silk, St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hants
Monks making silk, St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hants
Monk making silk, St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hants
Japan - Silk Industry - Reeling the cocoons by foot reel
Japanese Silk Industry - Storing the Cocoons
Japanese Silk Industry - Reeling the Cocoons by Hand-reel
animal, animals, insect, butterfly, caterpillar
animal, animals, insect, butterfly, caterpillar
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms begin to construct cocoons
animal, animals, insect, hawk moths, caterpillars
industry, textiles, silk, Japanese women sorting
Silk culture in China 1857
Sorting Silk Cocoons
Cocoonery - Silk Manufacture - Syria
Young boy unwinding silk cocoons and reeling ?
Shoan Mirara Rattle - Swazi Imisece rattle
Trade and Industry
VARIOUS CATERPILLARS
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