Boxed sample of ginned raw cotton; Japan, 1882
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1882
notes: label: Description
content: Specimen of raw cotton fiber, ginned, in a square, glass-topped box. "Raw Cotton - Ginned. - Higashi-ajiro Village, Osaka-Fu, Japan, 1882. Annual Crop, 3,905 kin. (5,174 lbs.) 56,172. Grown by Shiokawa Daigoro. Gift of The Government of Japan." on object label. From the Japanese Legation in Washington, DC.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Government of Japan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E056172.000
label: catalog number
content: E56172
label: accession number
content: 10727
objectType: label: Object Name
content: raw cotton
label: Object Name
content: fiber sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 6 in x 6 1/16 in; 3.81 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.39875 cm