limewash

Ingredients

lime

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

The project involved training fifteen young workers in masonry and stonecutting, including the production of high quality lime in a shaft kiln (p. 196). Traditional techniques and construction materials were prioritized to uphold principles of reversibility (p. 205).

Evidence

"In the end we re-covered it with limewash. The inscription is still there, and re-covering it was one way of preserving it."

Remarks

The conservation of the Old Dispensary in Zanzibar involved managing an inscription scrawled by a Kutchi artisan. To preserve it, the team applied a layer of limewash, which they later reflected on as a potential mistake in terms of visibility, though it served as a preservation layer (p. 192). The text notes that the story of the Kutchi artisan and foreman is relevant to the building's history, alongside its association with Sir Tharia Topan (p. 192).