Fiber sample, Cocos nucifera (coir), Madras, India ca. 1885

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Description:

Fiber sample, Coir, Cocos nucifera, from Madras, india. Clean. Wrapped in paper and tied in a bundle. 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

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.T00623Catalog Number: T623Accession Number: 16188

Object Name: plant fiberfiber sample, coir

Physical Description: Cocos nucifera (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 3/8 in x 13 in x 5 5/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 33.02 cm x 14.2875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1f9d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1838710

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