[Bonetools] colouring bones

[Hans Christian Küchelmann]

Dear Selena,

the website you found is Astrid Dingeldey’s homepage. Astrid dyed bones brown with walnut shells (Juglans regia), dark red with roots of rose madder (Rubia tinctorum), orange with onion skin (Allium cepa) and turquoise with copper rust. You can see the results of the brown and turquoise dying here:
https://knochenarbeit-shop.de/produkt/spielstein/ (click on the options on the right to see the different colours).
I do not know the details of the recipe though, but you can contact Astrid via astrid.dingeldey at ars-asta.de. Her article (Jung & Dingeldey 2013) has already mentioned by others.

Cordula Gostencnik (2014) published an article about Roman bone dying. See also the bonetool of the month form May 2017 (https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/bonetool-archives-2017/). Striebel (2003) published a paper about early modern recipes. There is quite an amount of information about bone dying in Andés (1925) and possibly in Schmidt (1891). There is also a medieval text by a monk, whose name I do not recall completely (something with Theo…).

Best wishes.

Christian

References:
# Andés, Louis Edgar (1925): Verarbeitung des Hornes, Elfenbeins, Schildpatts, der Knochen und der Perlmutter, 3. Auflage, Chemisch-technische Bibliothek 117, Wien

# Gostencnik, Kordula (2014): Nicht nur edles Weiß. Die Farbigkeit antiker Beinfunde an Beispielen vom Magdalensberg. – Carinthia I 204, 617-638
online: https://www.academia.edu/10393523/Kordula_GOSTENCNIK_Nicht_nur_edles_Wei%C3%9F._Die_Farbigkeit_antiker_Beinfunde_an_Beispielen_vom_Magdalensberg._Carinthia_I_204_2014_617-638

# Jung, Patrick & Dingeldey, Astrid (2013): Vom unbearbeiteten Material zum Endprodukt. in: Jung, Patrick (ed.): Die römischen Beinartefakte aus dem Gebiet der Colonia Ulpia Traiana (Xanten), Xantener Berichte 26, 17-39, Mainz

# Schmidt, Wilhelm (1891): Das Beizen, Schleifen und Polieren des Holzes, Elfenbeins, Horns, der Knochen und Perlmutter, Neuer Schauplatz der Künste und Handwerke, 7. Auflage, Hannover

# Striebel, Ernst (2003): Über das Färben von Holz, Horn und Bein. Das Augsburger Kunstbuechlin von 1535. – Restauro 6/2003, 424-430
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> Am 05.11.2019 um 22:21 schrieb Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>:
> 
> Dear colleagues, 
> 
> I need some help in finding references on deliberate colouring of bones. 
> I clearly remember the WBRG meeting in Salzburg when Astrid Dingeldey had presentation on production of gaming pieces on lathe and she showed some coloured pieces and told us they were quite easily coloured. However, I can not find any reference on it. I found this page https://www.ars-asta.de/presse/ while searching for Ms Dingeldey on google, but no references here either, not even mention of this experiment. 
> Help, please! 
> 
> best regards, Selena 
> 
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