washing blue
Senegambia
19th Century
Recipe Details
Ingredients
bùlúwo
Evidence
"bi-ʾl-hinnāʾ ‘with henna’ <buluwu> bùlúwo ‘washing blue’"
Remarks
In the 'Substances' section of the gloss list, the term 'henna' (Arabic) is glossed as 'washing blue' (Soninke), suggesting the use of blue colorants in place of or in association with traditional henna-based colors in the manuscript tradition (p. 199).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
linguistic gloss analysis
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBlue
RegionSenegambia
Approx. Year1850
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionUnknown
Language
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