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title: Thai Woman Boiling Silk Cocoons
author: Peter van der Sluijs
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11033/thai-woman-boiling--silk-cocoons/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Thai Woman Boiling Silk Cocoons
_Authored by Peter van der Sluijs_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11033.jpg)
## Image Caption
A woman from Thailand boils the cocoons of the silkworm in the initial phase of making [silk](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/). Photo taken March 2012.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Sluijs, P. v. d. (2019, July 28). Thai Woman Boiling Silk Cocoons. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Sluijs, Peter van der. "Thai Woman Boiling Silk Cocoons." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 28, 2019. .
### MLA
Sluijs, Peter van der. "Thai Woman Boiling Silk Cocoons." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Jul 2019, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woman_from_the_cocoons_of_silkworm_Thailand_boils_the_initial_phase_of_making_silk.jpg) by [**Peter van der Sluijs**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woman_from_the_cocoons_of_silkworm_Thailand_boils_the_initial_phase_of_making_silk.jpg). Submitted by [Kim Martins](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kim.martins/ "User Page: Kim Martins"), published on 28 July 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.