Dye, subugh

Museum number:
9-23833
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
165 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
dye, subugh: Eleven dyes and natural materials use for dyes. a) lichen; b) madder root; c) alum crystals, shabb, shabbah used as mordant; d) dried lime. used to darken colors either in dye bath or overdyeing; e) commercial dye, subugh packet ca. 1 Tbsp each: four (4) total: red, orange, brick red, and green crystals; f) commercial dye, subugh "Scarlet RRRR" boxed; g) commercial dye, subugh "acid orange" boxed; and h) sidr bark
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Bombay, India
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
c. 1990
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dye, subugh, accession number 9-23833, described as dye, subugh: Eleven dyes and natural materials use for dyes. a) lichen; b) madder root; c) alum crystals, shabb, shabbah used as mordant; d) dried lime. used to darken colors either in dye bath or overdyeing; e) commercial dye, subugh packet ca. 1 Tbsp each: four (4) total: red, orange, brick red, and green crystals; f) commercial dye, subugh "Scarlet RRRR" boxed; g) commercial dye, subugh "acid orange" boxed; and h) sidr barkHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dye, subugh, accession number 9-23833, described as dye, subugh: Eleven dyes and natural materials use for dyes. a) lichen; b) madder root; c) alum crystals, shabb, shabbah used as mordant; d) dried lime. used to darken colors either in dye bath or overdyeing; e) commercial dye, subugh packet ca. 1 Tbsp each: four (4) total: red, orange, brick red, and green crystals; f) commercial dye, subugh "Scarlet RRRR" boxed; g) commercial dye, subugh "acid orange" boxed; and h) sidr bark

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