fiber sample, Calotropis gigantea, Madras, India, ca.1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Fiber sample, Calotropis gigantea, from Chingleput, Madras, India. 1885. 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.. Cleaned.
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.T00626
label: accession number
content: 16188
label: catalog number
content: T626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, calotropis gigantea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: calotropis gigantea (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 0 in x 18 in; 12.7 cm x 0 cm x 45.72 cm