Re: Henna as a textile dye in 450 BCE?...what about Marco Polo?

Posted by Kenzi on October 26, 1999 at 23:32:29:

In Reply to: Henna as a textile dye in 450 BCE? posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 26, 1999 at 18:13:28:

You post reminded me of something I read in a book by Gary Jennings
about Marco Polo. This is fiction but Jennings usually uses
historical references (and then exagerrates for the benefit of the
story). In one part of the story Polo is in Baghdad and he sees men
with their beards dyed red with henna and is told by a slave that his
is the henna plant, which the women use as a cosmetic and carters use
to adorn their horses (apparently the manes and tails are dyed with
henna). Ever hear of this Catherine?

Follow-ups:

• Horses too... (and half the barnyard...) Catherine Cartwright Jones 02:31:29 10/27/99 (8)
  • Designs? Household pets & safety? Anon 03:38:19 10/27/99 (6)
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      • bunnies (mostly OT) Catherine Cartwright Jones 20:39:10 10/27/99 (2)
        • Re: bunnies (mostly OT) lisa 20:55:18 10/27/99 (1)
          • Re: bunnies (gettin waaay OT) Catherine Cartwright Jones 21:44:12 10/27/99 (0)
    • Re: Designs? Household pets & safety? Catherine Cartwright Jones 15:28:42 10/27/99 (0)
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  • Re: Horses too... (and half the barnyard...) Kenzi 02:58:45 10/27/99 (0)
• hennaed beards, definitely! Catherine Cartwright Jones 02:24:17 10/27/99 (0)