Samples of Bamboo; Consular Collection; 1898-1918
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1898-ca. 1918
notes: label: Description
content: A group of bamboo sticks; samples from the Dept. of Commerce. In an envelope headed Division of Publications, Washington, DC "Commercial Agent, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1020 Hibernia Bank Bldg., New Orleans, Louisiana". Chicago stamps and 2 oblong stamps marked "4". Group includes 6 thick bamboo sticks; about an inch in diameter, ranging from 12" to 18" in length; and 34 thinner bamboo sticks; from 1/2" up to an inch in diameter; ranging from 6" to 13" in length. Some of the sticks have VV markings; others have an X; others have a kind of tally mark down the center. A scrap of paper with "610" written on it inside the envelope.
label: Description
content: Consular Collection: Part of collection of samples acquired by US Consuls overseas between about 1898 and 1918, in the interests of promoting US trade and business opportunities; which was transferred by the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s-30s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Consular Collection Textile Samples
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80511V03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bamboo samples
label: Object Type
content: sticks
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bamboo (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - length: 36 cm x 5 cm; 14 3/16 in x 1 31/32 in