Woman at silk factory taking starting strands of silk from eight silkworm cocoons in hot water to spin into a continuous thread

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Woman at silk factory taking starting strands of silk from silkworm cocoons with a brush in hot water to spin into a continuous thread up to one kilometre long

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Size: 3370px × 5034px
Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu,China
Photo credit: © David Wei / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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