History
Resist dyeing has been very widely used in Eurasia and Africa since Antiquity. The first discoveries of pieces of linen was from Egypt and date from the fourth century, the cloth was used for the mummies that were soaked in wax, then scratched with a sharp stylus, dyed with a mixture of blood and ashes, later washed in hot water to remove the wax. In Asia, this technique was practiced in China during the T'ang dynasty (618-907), in India and Japan in the Nara period (645-794). In Africa it was originally practiced by the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, Soninke and Wolof in Senegal.
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