Leaves and fibre - Specimen details

Leaves and fibre - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 29725

Plant Name 171.00 BROMELIACEAE Bromelia sylvestris Entry Book Number 106.1896
Artefact Name Leaves and fibre Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Leaves and fibre Geography Description Mexico, Northern America
Uses Leaves and fibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Dodge CR (USA Dept Agric) Donor No
Donor Date 12/09/1896 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Office of Fibre Investigations U.S. Department of Agriculture Official Business. Penalty for private use $ 300. Samples sent in separate wrapper. Recieved by Dept 1869. From J. Mcleod Murphy, Harlem, New York. Leaves and fibre, said to have, been derived from Bromelia sylvestris in Mexico 'Leaves sundried by Squier' The teeth have been apparently removed. D. Morris 11/09/1896.

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