MAKING: Wool dyeing Part II

https://doi.org/10.25420/britishmuseum.30542630

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posted on 2025-11-17, 12:00 authored by Lorena Toro-MayorgaLorena Toro-Mayorga

Beginning of the dyeing process in Salasaka, setting the fire for the pots, selecting the natural ingredients such as pumamaki and cochineal. Testing the initial dyeing tone

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

S05

Rights owner

Maria Rosario Juana Jerez Caisabanda

Title alt

Cochinilla, pumamaki

Description alt

Inicio del proceso de teñido en Salasaka: prender el fuego para las ollas y seleccionar ingredientes naturales como el pumamaki y la cochinilla. Probando el tono inicial del teñido

Cultural group

Kichwa

Country

Ecuador

Place

Salasaka, Tungurahua

Cultural context/event

Wool dyeing

Date of creation

2023-11-25

Unique ID

2022SG16-S05-0353