fiber sample, Boehmeria nivea, China, 1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Fiber sample, Boehmeria nivea; from Wenchow, China, 1885. 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: China
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.T00656
label: catalog number
content: T656
label: catalog number
content: 000632.000
label: catalog number
content: ?000632.000
label: accession number
content: 16188
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, boehmeria nivea
label: Object Type
content: fiber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Boehmeria nivea (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 13.97 cm x 10.4775 cm