root bark sample; Astragalus strictus, Ladakli, ca. 1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: A sample of the root bark of Astragalus strictus, from Ladakli. Noted that "at one time used extensively for paper-making in Ladakli." 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.T00661
label: catalog number
content: T661
label: accession number
content: 16188
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bark sample
label: Object Name
content: bark sample, astragalus strictus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Astragalus strictus (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 24.13 cm x 8.89 cm