Series of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) fiber samples, ca. 1885

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]

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.T00655Catalog Number: T655Accession Number: 16188

Object Name: fiber samples, display offiber samplesprocess samples

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-91a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1876437

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