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.
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Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color
Published on Aug 4, 2013
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
A khipu on display at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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British Redcoats
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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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