Sample of irish flax (linen) fiber
notes: label: Description
content: Box containing a fiber sample and marked "8153". The fiber is composed of thin white strands. A label found inside the box reads: "Flax Finiss(?) / Hackled(?) / No. 8153, Loc. Ireland".
label: Description
content: One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection.
label: Description
content: This object is a study specimen associated with TE.E188153.001
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.E188153.002
label: catalog number
content: E188153.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fibers, batch of
label: Object Name
content: flax fiber
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 4 in; 3.65125 cm x 7.77875 cm x 10.16 cm