Sample of refuse fiber from the Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis, 1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of refuse fiber from the pericarps of the Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis, after the expression of the oil. From West Tropical Africa. 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: Description
content: Original cataloging note, "Used as full".
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.T00658
label: catalog number
content: T658
label: accession number
content: 16188
objectType: label: Object Name
content: palm fiber sample
label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, elaeis guineensis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Elaeis guineensis (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 19.05 cm x 16.51 cm