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Tussah silk

Scope note

Uneven tan silk produced by the wild silkworms of China and India; the fiber is coarser, stronger, and shorter than cultivated silk fiber. W

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000192965

Broader Terms used

silk (fiber)

Created

13yrs ago

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