Silika hapana mubvunzo kuti zvinhu zvinoshamisa uye zvakanaka zvinoshandiswa nevapfumi munharaunda. Kwemakore, kushandiswa kwaro kwemapiru, ziso remaziso uye Pajamas, uye mashanga akagambundirwa munzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana dzenyika.

Pasinei nekuzivikanwa kwayo, vanhu vashoma chete ndivo vanonzwisisa kuti machira eSiraki anobva kupi.

Silk machira akatanga kugadzirwa mukare China. Nekudaro, yekutanga kupona samples inogona kuwanikwa mukuvapo kweiyo silk protein fibripuru kubva mumakuva maviri muJiahu muHenan, kufambidzana ne85000.

Munguva yeOdyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, achiedza kuvanza kuzivikanwa kwake, mudzimai wake peneveli akabvunzwa nezve zvipfeko zvemurume wake; Akataura kuti aipfeka hembe iyo inoshingairira seganda rechifananidzo yakaoma inoreva kunaka kweiyo silik mucheka.

Humambo hweRoma hwakakoshesa silika zvakanyanya. Saka vakatengeserana mune yakanyanya-yakanyanya-yakakwenenzverwa silika, iyo iri Chinese silika.

Silika ndiyo yakachena protein fiber; Izvo zvikamu zvikuru zveProtein fiber yeSilika is fibroin. Mambo weimwe zvipembenene zvinoburitsa fibratein kuumba cocoon. Semuenzaniso, yakanyanya kunaka silika inowanikwa kubva kumabhokisi emambo weMulberry Silkworm iyo inorerwa nenzira yeSerticulut (Kurera neutapwa).

Kurera kweiyo silkworm pupae kwakatungamira mukugadzirwa kwesimbi. Ivo vanowanzo kubhururuka kuburitsa chena-chena silk tambo, iyo inoshaya zvicherwa pamusoro. Panguva ino, silika ikozvino inogadzirwa mune yakakura huwandu kune zvakaringana zvinangwa.