Fiber sample, Calotropis gigantea, India, ca. 1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Fiber sample, Calotropis gigantea, from Bahrangat Div., NW Provinces and Oudh, India. 1885. Uncleaned.
label: Description
content: 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.T00627
label: accession number
content: 16188
label: catalog number
content: T627
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, calotropis gigantea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Calotropis gigantea (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 13/16 in x 21 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 9.68375 cm x 54.61 cm x 15.875 cm