Fiber sample, Cocos nucifera (coir), Madras, India ca. 1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Fiber sample, Coir, Cocos nucifera, from Madras, india. Clean. Wrapped in paper and tied in a bundle. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection..
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Fibers & Economic Botany
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T00623
label: catalog number
content: T623
label: accession number
content: 16188
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plant fiber
label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, coir
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Cocos nucifera (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 13 in x 5 5/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 33.02 cm x 14.2875 cm