Cochineal dyed wool yarn - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99215 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 78.01 CACTACEAE | Entry Book Number | 1.2016 | |
| Artefact Name | Cochineal dyed wool yarn | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Cochineal dyed wool yarn | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Cochineal dyed wool yarnUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hill, David J. | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 20/01/2016 | Donor Notes | Cochineal beetles were ground by Robin or David Hill and David Hill used this to dye the wool yarn scarlet with a tin mordant | ||
| Collector | Hill, David J. | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Beetles produce a red dye. The wool dye sample was mordanted with tin to produce they scarlet colour. This dye makes wool coarse. | ||||