“Dyeing Commodities Whether in Roote or Floure”: Reconstructing Aboriginal Dye Techniques from Documentary and Museum Sources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roland Bohr
Anne Lindsay
Material Culture Review, vol. 69, Spring, 2009, pp. 21-35
Description
Authors tested the recipes gathered by explorers, fur traders, and ethnographers for accurate colour and, after using quills to create similar patterns, resemblance to existing artifacts.