Yucca fiber process samples; papermaking; Mojave Desert
notes: label: Description
content: A note with each pulp sample generally reads "No. _ Fibre (After being broken up and prepared for brown pulp for paper, of) Yucca Brevifolia, Eng. (Y. Draconis, Var. arborescens, Torr.) From Mojave Desert, California. These Trees are often 20 to 30 feet in height, and 1 to 2 feet in diameter, and form extensive "openings" on Desert Plateaus, at 2,000 to 4,000 feet altitude." The unidentified numbers on the outside of the packages are repeated in "No. _ Fibre" on the notes. Each note varies slightly in its stage of production.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E186206.000
label: catalog number
content: E186206
label: accession number
content: 14803
objectType: label: Object Name
content: paper pulp fibers, samples of
label: Object Name
content: yucca fibers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: yucca brevifolia (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: one package: 2 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 11.43 cm x 6.985 cm