Ninniku (Garlic) - left (382 L)

From CAMEO
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Normal

Uemura 10-15-2009 382.jpg

Museum number 382
Uemura number / title ; "Haze-some 25"
Sample location left (382 L)
Fiber type silk
Color light brown
Dyestuff (Japanese common name) にんにく: Ninniku
Dye (English common name) garlic
Dyestuff (botanical name) Allium sativum L.
Plant part outer skin / dried (?)
Dyestuff extraction boiled in water
Auxiliary agent in dye bath -
Mordant iron
Other auxiliary agent -
Uemura's notes Mordanting with lime would not produce a color on the fabric like mordanting with alum. The plant was not found to be a good dyestuff.
Uemura's date Kyoto