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silk woven silk textile from tomb no . at mawangdui in changsha , hunan province, china , from the western han dynasty , nd century bc rearing of wild eri silk worm, as seen in weaves, assam several kinds of wild silk, produced by caterpillars other than the mulberry silkworm, have been known and spun
thread that makes up the cocoon has been torn into shorter lengths; and third, many wild cocoons are covered in a mineral layer that prevents attempts to reel from them long strands of silk. [ ] thus, the only way to obtain silk suitable for spinning into textiles in areas where commercial silks are not...
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