Indigo: Did you mean...?

Over the course of several millennia, textiles were the primary form of aesthetic expression and communication for the diverse cultures that developed throughout the desert coasts and mountain highlands of the Andean region. Worn as garments...

Most likely from North Africa dating from the late 9th to mid 10th-century, the celebrated Blue Qur'an was a luxurious book with pages dyed in indigo, and Kufic calligraphy in gold foil, and silver bookmarks. Consisting of over 600 large...

This illuminated sutra is from Jingoji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, and it dates to 1179 CE, which corresponds to Japan's Heian period. It is made of gold and silver on indigo paper. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford...