Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Red

Cochineal is a scale insect and is found on prickly pear cactus. A rasping, sucking insect, it feeds on the tasty juices of the cactus. It produces a cottony white covering to protect itself from predators.


Go to link below to see images and read about cochineal history.

Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color  

Elena Phipps The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Winter 2010 Volume LXVII, Number 3 Copyright © 2010 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York






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A form of communication in Inca Empire. 
Colored knots and cords. 


A model of khipu knots, representative of many khipus from pre- and post-Conquest Peru JON CHASE/ PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE



Khipu or quipu

(kē′po͞o)

[American Spanish, from Quechua khipu, knot.]




A khipu on display at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Photos on processing cochineal and foods that contain the dye. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-cochineal-insects-color-your-food-and-drinks-2012-3


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