Object Details
- Description
- Hank or skein of yellow raw silk, as reeled in Japan and imported into the US. Object tags read: "Saitamaken" and "No 2 1/2 Japan Hanks" One of 15 samples donated in 1884 by C. Adolphe Low & Co., NYC, of raw silk as imported by the firm. Catalog #s H6180-6194
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1884
- Credit Line
- Gift of C. Adolphe Low & Co.
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 9 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 24.28875 cm x 9.525 cm
- Object Name
- silk filament, hank
- sik, reeled
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