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Unique Spider Silk Tapestry on Exhibit at AMNH

grrlscientist | September 25, 2009

tags: spider silk, Madagascar, tapestry, textile art, AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, NYC, streaming video A spectacular and extremely rare textile, woven from golden-colored silk thread produced by more than one million spiders in Madagascar is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History in the Grand Gallery. slashdot_url="http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/09/unique_spider_silk_tapestry_on.php"; Drawing on the legacy of a French missionary, Jacob Paul CambouÃ©, this contemporary textile measures 11 feet by 4 feet and took four years to make using a…

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