Sample of cattail down fiber
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bag with large sample of cattail down fiber. Cattail plant fiber was experimented with as a substitute or additive for /to wool during the 1st and 2nd world wars, when wool shortages made clothing civilians difficult.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E186434
label: catalog number
content: E186434
label: catalog number
content: E 186434
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fiber
label: Object Name
content: fiber sample
label: Object Name
content: cattail down
label: Object Type
content: fiber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cat tail down (overall material)