Sample of bark? fiber; Butea frondosa; India
notes: label: Description
content: This box contains a sample of wide but thin fiber, which is white and speckled with black. The label inside the box reads: "Butea frondosa / No. 8168, Loc. India".
label: Description
content: One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection.
label: Description
content: This object is a study specimen associated with TE.E188168.001
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.E188168.002
label: catalog number
content: E188168.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample
label: Object Name
content: plant fiber
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 3 1/16 in x 4 in; 5.3975 cm x 7.77875 cm x 10.16 cm