[Steppes] Horse Blood Used For Dye?

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Information from Web site. 
 
_http://www.quilthistory.com/dye.htm_ (http://www.quilthistory.com/dye.htm) 
 
 
Purple was made from a mollusk and clothing made from it  was so expensive 
only the royal family could afford it. It was extracted from a  small gastropod 
mollusk found in all seas or from a crustacean called a Trumpet  Shell or 
Purple Fish, found near Tyre on the Mediterranean coast. Their body  secreted a 
deep purple fluid which was harvested by cracking the shell and  digging out a 
vein located near the shellfish head with a small pointed utensil.  The 
mucus-like contents of the veins were then mixed together and spread on silk  or 
linen. Estimates are that it took 8,500 shellfish to produce one gram of the  dye, 
hence the fact this dye was worth more than its weight in gold. This  
expensive dye was also mentioned in the bible, in Acts, where Lydia is a seller  of 
purple