Series of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) fiber samples, ca. 1885
Series of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) fiber samples, ca. 1885
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- Description
- Series showing preparation of fiber from leaves of the Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), ca. 1885 West Tropical Africa. Samples of the stages of the processing of the leaves into usable fiber. 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..
- NB: Consultation with Dr. Caroline Cornish of the Kew sponsored Mobile Museum Project confirmed that Kew acquired many series of samples to document the processes of transforming a plant material into a finished product. [MCS, 04/2018]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- fiber samples, display of
- fiber samples
- process samples
- date made
- ca. 1885
- Physical Description
- elaeis guineensis (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall; display board: 1/4 in x 21 15/16 in x 27 15/16 in;.635 cm x 55.72125 cm x 70.96125 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T00655
- catalog number
- T655
- accession number
- 16188
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Fibers & Economic Botany
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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