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Cochineal in the History of Art and Global Trade
The Huntington
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg of the Oaxaca Ethnobotanical Garden and Oaxaca Textile Museum will explore the historical and cultural significance of this natural crimson dye. Used from antiquity, cochineal became Mexico's second-most valued export after silver during the Spanish colonial period.
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