Fiber sample, Boehmeria nivea stems, Madras, India. ca.1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Fiber sample, stems of Boehmeria nivea, from Pundulur, Madras, India, 1885. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England, in 1885, for 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.T00638
label: catalog number
content: 638-639
label: catalog number
content: ?638-639
label: accession number
content: 16188
label: catalog number
content: T638
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, boehmeria nivea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Boehmeria nivea (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 28 1/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 71.4375 cm x 9.8425 cm