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"We're all just walking each other home." -Ram Dass
"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder."-Rumi
"It's all one song!" -Neil Young
'What we do now echoes in eternity.' Marcus Aurelius
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. . . bathes in wood chips . . .
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Judith Browning wrote:...not sure if it has any 'saving graces' though?
Tereza Okava wrote:I researched a bit and the local native people apparently used it for medicinal purposes, although it wasn't really clear how.
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Leigh Tate wrote:
Judith Browning wrote:...not sure if it has any 'saving graces' though?
Found one! Apparently, it can be used as a natural dye for wool -> Dodder natural dye experiment at Tangible Daydreams
Among reference samples analyzed in this study, "zacatlaxcalli" 1 and "parasita from Mexico" 2 showed a chromatographic profile similar to that of the yellow sample from the tapestry. These reference samples are dyed with species of Cuscuta, one of the natural yellow dyes recorded as having been used in Mexico.........
"We're all just walking each other home." -Ram Dass
"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder."-Rumi
"It's all one song!" -Neil Young
Judith Browning wrote:Here's a bit more https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/conservation-and-scientific-research/projects/identifying-natural-dyes
Among reference samples analyzed in this study, "zacatlaxcalli" 1 and "parasita from Mexico" 2 showed a chromatographic profile similar to that of the yellow sample from the tapestry. These reference samples are dyed with species of Cuscuta, one of the natural yellow dyes recorded as having been used in Mexico.........
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