Fiber sample, Rhea (Boehmeria nivea), India, 1885

Description:

Sample of Indian Rhea fiber, Boehmeria nivea. 1885. A full length fiber prepared by Dicken's Patent Process. 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..

Date Made: ca. 1885

Place Made: India

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Credit Line: Gift of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T00659Catalog Number: DELETEDELETEAccession Number: 16188Catalog Number: DELETE

Object Name: plant fiberfiber sample, Boehmeria nivea

Physical Description: boehmeria nivea (overall material)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-d1da-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1877027

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