Rare Spider Silk on Exhibit at AMNH
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Original upload date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:15:52 GMT
A spectacular and extremely rare textile, woven from golden-colored silk thread produced by more than one million spiders in Madagascar is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History in t
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he Grand Gallery.
Drawing on the legacy of a French missionary, Jacob Paul Camboué, this contemporary textile measures 11 feet by 4 feet and took four years to make using a painstaking technique.
Hear from Dr. Ian Tattersall, Curator, Division of Anthropology at AMNH, as well as Nicholas Godley, co-creator and owner of the silk along with his partner Simon Peers as they discuss this rare work.
For more information visit http://www.amnh.org
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