colored wax

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“We want to advance a future where Africa participates more fully in global food and fertilizer markets and supply chains,” Yellen said as farmers, mostly women wearing brightly colored wax cloth dresses, stood and listened.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023

Among the man-made materials are the black wires that Kirsty Little twists into dynamic forms and tips with colored wax, and the extruded plastic filament that Liz Lescault weaves into netlike hangings.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

Thek shaped and colored wax to simulate chunks of raw meat, which he combined with steel, as in the cables, or more often enclosed in plexiglass boxes.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2021

The combs and wattles of domestic and wild fowls cannot by any common process be prevented from shriveling and discoloring while drying, but when dry they may be restored by careful modeling in colored wax.

From Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Farnham, Albert B.

All carried in their hands gaily colored wax tapers.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r