Horses too... (and half the barnyard...)

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 27, 1999 at 02:31:29:

In Reply to: Re: Henna as a textile dye in 450 BCE?...what about Marco Polo? posted by Kenzi on October 26, 1999 at 23:32:29:

I have at least a dozen prints of old paintings of hennaed horses from
the Medieval Muslim world....Punjab to Turkey. They look really cool
hennaed. Some are hennaed up to their middles with lovely decoration
at the midline. Some have shanks, hooves and tails hennaed......then
they may also have bracelets and gold trappings. One of the loveliest
is a dappled grey with henna. Mostly they hennaed their white Arab
geldings. Absolutely wonderful stuff! Camels are also hennaed for
holidays, cows and their calfs are hennaed in India, Greyhounds and
Salukis have their paws and tails hennaed similarly to horses in a few
records.

There's a lovely pet rabbit in one of my favorite Rajasthani
miniatures....it's mistress is hennaed, but the rabbit, alas, is not.
there are a couple of very sweet Rajasthani paintings, though of a
whole row of cows and their calves, all smiling and nicely hennaed.

Follow-ups:

• Designs? Household pets & safety? Anon 03:38:19 10/27/99 (6)
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      • 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)
  • Re: Designs? Household pets & safety? Natasha Papousek 14:43:20 10/27/99 (0)
• Re: Horses too... (and half the barnyard...) Kenzi 02:58:45 10/27/99 (0)