Fiber sample, Plagianthus pulchellus, Victoria, 1885

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Description:

Fiber sample, from hemp bush, Plagianthus pulchellus; Victoria, 1885. 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.T00645Catalog Number: T645Accession Number: 16188

Object Name: fiber sample, plagianthus pulchellus

Measurements: overall: 2 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 28.575 cm x 7.62 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-8f1c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1873959

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