Rope sample, Cocos nucifera (coir), Cochin, India. ca. 1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Rope sample, made from fiber of the Cocos nucifera, (coir) from Cochin, 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.
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.T00633
label: accession number
content: 16188
label: catalog number
content: T633
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plant fiber
label: Object Name
content: rope sample, cocos nucifera
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Cocos nucifera (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 8 in x 25 in; 13.97 cm x 20.32 cm x 63.5 cm