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A Bowl of Raw Silk and Silk Cocoons on display at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. This photo was taken in July 2019 CE.
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Kim is a freelance writer based in New Zealand. She has a B.A. (Hons) in History and an MA in Chaos & Complexity Science. Her special interests are fables and mythology, as well as exploration throughout the ancient world.
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Martins, K. (2019, July 29). A Bowl of Raw Silk & Silk Cocoons. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11040/a-bowl-of-raw-silk--silk-cocoons/
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Martins, Kim. "A Bowl of Raw Silk & Silk Cocoons." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 29, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11040/a-bowl-of-raw-silk--silk-cocoons/.
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Martins, Kim. "A Bowl of Raw Silk & Silk Cocoons." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 29 Jul 2019. Web. 19 Jun 2021.