List of Wild Silk Textiles in the Mississippi Entomological Museum
Family | Genus species | Locality | Type of Textile [JPG] | Type of Silk |
Notodontidae | Anaphe or Epanaphe | Ondo, Nigeria | Ipele | Sanyan |
Saturniidae | Antheraea assamensis (Helfer) | Assam, India | Choli (Blouse) | Muga |
Saturniidae | Antheraea assamensis (Helfer) | Sonidan, Meghalaya, India | Man's Ceremonial Waistcloth (Dhoti style) | Muga |
Saturniidae | Antheraea assamensis (Helfer) | Guwahati, Assam, India | Fabric | Muga |
Saturniidae | Antheraea paphia (L.) | West Bengal, India | Shawl | Tropical Tasar |
Saturniidae | Antheraea paphia (L.) | Sonamukhi, Bankura Dist., West Bengal | Shawl | Tropical Tasar |
Saturniidae | Antheraea paphia (L.) | West Bengal, India | Scarf | Tropical Tasar |
Saturniidae | Antheraea paphia (L.) | Odisha (frm. Orissa), India | Shawl | Tropical Tasar |
Saturniidae | Antheraea paphia (L.) | Chhattisgarh, India | Scarf | Tropical Tasar |
Saturniidae | Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville) | China | Handkerchief | Tussah |
Saturniidae | Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville) | Liaoning Province, China | Matka Fabric | Tussah |
Saturniidae | Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville) | China | Broadcloth | Tussah |
Saturniidae | Antheraea proylei Jolly | Uttarakhand, India | Shawl | Temperate Tasar and Eri |
Saturniidae | Antheraea sp. | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India | Head Scarf | Tasar |
Saturniidae | Antheraea sp. | Assam, India | Dupatta (Woman's Shawl) | Tropical Tasar |
Saturniidae | Attacus atlas (L.) | Java, Indonesia | Fabric | Fagara |
Saturniidae | Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer) | Java, Indonesia | Scarf | Cricula |
Saturniidae | Samia ricini (Wm. Jones) | Kathmandu, Nepal | Tibetan Layman's Sen (Wrapper) | Eri |
Saturniidae | Samia ricini (Wm. Jones) | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Shawl | Eri |
Saturniidae | Samia ricini (Wm. Jones) | Meghalaya, India | Woman's Chaddar (Wrapper) | Eri |
Saturniidae | Samia ricini (Wm. Jones) | Sonidan, Meghalaya, India | Wrapper | Eri |
Bombycidae | Bombyx mori (L.) | Tibet | Khata (Presentation Scarf) | Mulberry |
Bombycidae | Bombyx mori (L.) | Cambodia | Douppioni Fabric | Mulberry |
Bombycidae | Bombyx mori (L.) | India | Scarf | Mulberry |
Bombycidae | Bombyx mori (L.) | Aranos, Namibia | Scarf | Mulberry and Kalahari |
Lasiocampidae | Borocera sp. | Madagascar | Scarf | Landibe |
Lasiocampidae | Borocera sp. | Soatanana, Madagascar | Scarf | Landibe |
Lasiocampidae | Gonometa postica (Walker) | Leonardville, Namibia | Mini Scarf | Kalahari |
Lasiocampidae | Gonometa postica (Walker) | Aranos, Namibia | Scarf | Mulberry and Kalahari |
Lasiocampidae | Gonometa postica (Walker) | Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Prov., South Africa | Necktie | Kalahari and Cotton |