Hand operated cotton gin; 19th century
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A hand operated Cotton Gin for long staple Cotton, used in Southeast Asia (Siam, now Thailand). Acquired in 1905, along with many other examples of Thai textileworking tools and equipment from the exhibit of the Royal Siamese Commission at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Thailand
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.E235419.000
label: accession number
content: 44425
label: catalog number
content: E235419
label: catalog number
content: E235419.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cotton Gin, Roller
label: Object Name
content: cotton gin, hand
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 27 in x 18 in; 36.83 cm x 68.58 cm x 45.72 cm