Sample of alpaca fiber; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: A sample of mixed brown and white alpaca fiber. Paper tag on sample reads: "Scoured / cream / alpaca"
label: Description
content: Camel (/) hair (/) scoured & dehaired. 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.RSN80511V57
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber, alpaca
label: Object Type
content: fiber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: alpaca (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: fiber: 26 cm x 14 cm x 7 cm; 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in