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Table 4 Detailed recording for traditional indigo dye extraction by Landian Yao

From: Identity blues: the ethnobotany of the indigo dyeing by Landian Yao (Iu Mien) in Yunnan, Southwest China

Informant number

Material to tap water (kg:l)

Lime (kg)

Fermentation duration (d)

Mixing time (min)

Stewing time (h)

1

30:150

3

2–3 (hot), 3–4 (cool)*

10–20

3–4

2

50:150

5

3–4

60

2–3

3

30:150

3

2–3

60

2

4

60:200

2.5

3–4

60

5–6

5

40:150

1.5

2–3

60

1–2

6

40:150

1.5

2–3 (hot), 3–4 (cool)

60

2

7

30:200

1.5

2–3 (hot), 7–8 (cool)

30

5–6

8

25:150

2

2–3

60

12

9

25:150

1

2–3

60

2

10

35:200

1.5

3–4

30

2

11

35:200

5

2–3

60

12

12

30:200

3

3–4

60

2–3

13

30:200

3

2–3

60

2–3

14

30:200

3

3–4

60

2–3

15

25:150

3

2–3

30

5–6

16

30:100

1

2–3

15–20

12

17

40:150

1.5

2–3

60

2–3

18

35:200

3

3–4

60

5–6

19

30:150

3

2–3

60

2–3

20

20:150

2

2–3

60

2–3

21

30:200

3

2–3

60

5–6

22

30:150

3

3–4

30

1–2

23

35:200

3

2–3

60

2

24

50:250

2

3

30

12

25

30:200

3

2–3

30

2–3

26

25:150

2

2–3

30

2–3

27

25:200

3

2–3

60

2–3

28

30:200

3

2–3

60

2–3

29

30:200

3

2–3

60

2–3

30

25:150

2

2–3

60

1–2

31

30:200

3

2–3

60

2

32

30:200

3

2–3

60

1–2

33

25:150

2.5

2–3

30

2–3

34

30:200

3

2–3

30

2–3

35

30:200

3

3–4

60

5–6

36

25:200

3

3–4

60

4–5

37

30:200

3

2–3

60

2–3

38

30:200

3

2–3

10–20

3–4

39

25:200

2.5

2–3

60

2–3

40

30:200

3

3–4

60

2–3

41

30:200

2.5

3–4

60

3–4

42

30:200

3

2–3 (hot), 5–6 (cool)

60

2–3

43

30:200

3

2–3 (hot), 3–4 (cool)

30

2–3

44

25:200

2.5

2–3 (hot), 3–4 (cool)

60

2–3

45

25:150

2

2–3 (hot), 3–4 (cool)

60

2–3

46

30:200

3

2–3

60

3–4

  1. *fermentation time required in the hot or cool days