In search of Humboldt’s colors: materials and techniques of a 17th-century lacquered gourd from Colombia
Abstract In 2014 the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York, acquired a viceregal Spanish American lacquered gourd, dating to 17th-century Colombia, which was decorated using an indigenous technique known as barniz de Pasto. This technique employs local, raw materials, including natural dye...
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| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Heritage Science |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-020-00449-1 |