MUSEUM LECTURE
DYEING AND DYE PLANTS The library nt ilio A tick land War Memorial TNTusemn was filled yesterday afternoon when illustrated lectures entitled "Dyeing and Dye Plants" were given by Dr l>. IT Briggs and Miss Lucy Cranwoll. Dr. Briggs explained the theory of dyeing and. with the aid of slides, showed how the chemicals react upon the libre of the wool Dyeing could be accomplished with natural vegetable compounds, he said, and instanced the manner in which the famous types of Scottish tweeds are dyed by the tiso of lichens. The Maoris used natural vegetable dyes, said Dr. Briggs, with the aid of juices of certain berries and the water of a limited number of pools spread about the Dominion. Although the Maoris did not know what property the pool water contained, they understood its use. Actually the water was full of iron salts, which, in conjunction with tannic acid in the berry juices, formed a lasting ink-black dye. Miss Oran well described various plants growing near the city which could be used for dyeing, and explained the methods by which they could be used.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24070, 15 September 1941, Page 3
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