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Dyeing wool at Loch Carnan

Werner Kissling1936

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh
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Catherine MacInnes at Loch Carnan boiling wool and crotal in alternative layers to obtain a good dye. Crotal, scraped off the rocks, was used to produce a reddish brown colour. The pot was kept boiling for a few hours and the fleece then washed in the loch to take away the residue.

The photograph was taken by Werner Kissling (1895-1988), an ethnological photographer, who worked mainly in island and coastal communities in Scotland. He made one of the earliest Gaelic films, Eriskay: A Poem of Remote Lives (1935).

University of Edinburgh, School of Scottish Studies Archives: SSSA BVIII f2 2087

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  • Title: Dyeing wool at Loch Carnan
  • Creator: Werner Kissling
  • Date Created: 1936
  • Location Created: South Uist, Western Isles, Scotland
  • Rights: Courtesy of David Lockwood
  • Medium: Photograph
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