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A woman boils silk cocoons to separate the threads.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita. No usage authorized without prior written permission.

Photo size: 21.7 Mpixels (62.1 MB uncompressed) - 5695x3810 pixels (19x12.7 in / 48.2x32.3 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: silk cocoons, silk, China, Zheng He book, page 80

A silk farmer spreads lime over worms feeding on mulberry leaves.

A woman boils silk cocoons to separate the threads.

Newly dyed cotton dries in the traditional way. Indigo dyeing was invinted by the Chinese in the Han dynasty.