Paper sample; Streblus Asper (white)

Description:

This sample of paper, marked "streblus asper (white) / 8156", is housed in a small, black box marked "8156". This box also contains study specimen TE.E188159.002.

One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection.

This object is a study specimen associated with TE.E188168.001.

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Fibers & Economic Botany

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.E188156.001Catalog Number: E188156.001Accession Number: 20488

Object Name: paper samplefiber sample

Measurements: overall: object: 4 in x 2 3/4 in; 10.16 cm x 6.985 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-2143-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1943026

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