Difference between revisions of "Vulpinic acid"

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A natural yellow dye extracted from wolf lichen (''Letharia vulpina'').  Vulpinic acid (C19H14O5) has been used by Northwest Coast First Peoples for dyeing porcupine quills and wool.  It was identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in yellow wool in the MFA's ''Chilkat Dancing Blanket'' (#2008.650)
 
A natural yellow dye extracted from wolf lichen (''Letharia vulpina'').  Vulpinic acid (C19H14O5) has been used by Northwest Coast First Peoples for dyeing porcupine quills and wool.  It was identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in yellow wool in the MFA's ''Chilkat Dancing Blanket'' (#2008.650)
  
[[File:indigo tinctoria t.jpg|thumb|Indigo plant
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[[File:1280px-Letharia vulpina JHollinger.jpg|thumb|Wolf lichen (''Letharia vulpina'')]]
  
(''Indigofera tinctoria'')]]
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[[File:1280px-Letharia vulpina JHollinger.jpg|thumb|Wolf lichen (''Letharia vulpina'')]]
  
 
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
 
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==

Revision as of 13:07, 2 May 2018

Description

A natural yellow dye extracted from wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Vulpinic acid (C19H14O5) has been used by Northwest Coast First Peoples for dyeing porcupine quills and wool. It was identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in yellow wool in the MFA's Chilkat Dancing Blanket (#2008.650)

Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina)
Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina)

Sources Checked for Data in Record

  • George Thornton Emmons, The Tlingit Indians, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, 1991.
  • Leonard Soltzberg, internal report

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