Leaf fiber sample, Elaeis Guineensis (African oil palm), ca. 1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Leaf fiber sample, Elaeis Guineensis (African oil palm), ca. 1885. Prepared from the leaves of the African oil palm, from West Tropical Africa. 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
place: label: place made
content: India
label: place made
content: Africa
title: label: Title
content: Leaf fiber sample, Elaeis Guineensis (African oil palm), ca. 1885
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Fibers & Economic Botany
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content: Textiles
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.T00663
label: catalog number
content: T663
label: accession number
content: 16188
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plant fibers
label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, Elaeis Guineensis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Elaeis Guineensis (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 25 in x 3 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 63.5 cm x 9.525 cm