Coir (Cocos nucifera) rope sample, Coconada, India. ca.1885
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Sample length of coir rope, Cocos nucifera, from Coconada, India, 1885. Described as "thick."
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.T00637
label: accession number
content: 16188
label: catalog number
content: T637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rope sample, coir
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: coir (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: folded: 3 in x 15 in x 23 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 38.1 cm x 59.69 cm