Table 2 Materials from the Saltzman Collection of Peruvian dyes

From: The analysis of the Saltzman Collection of Peruvian dyes by high performance liquid chromatography and ambient ionisation mass spectrometry

Saltzman dye #

Plant/insect genus and species

Color

Common name in Saltzman notebook

16

Relbunium hypocarpium

Red

Antanco, chamiri, chapi–chapi

21

Relbunium ciliatum

Red

Antanco?

10

Relbunium sp. (unidentified)

Red

Antanco, chamiri, chapi–chapi

18

Dactylopius coccus

Red

Cochineal

9

Baccharis floribunda

Yellow

Chilca

25

Hypericum larcifolium

Yellow

Chinchanco

12a

Kageneckia lanceolata a

Yellow

Lloque

  1. All samples tested were on either wool (not specified, assumed to be sheep’s wool) or alpaca, both with and without alum mordant as described by Saltzman. See Additional file 1 for details of Saltzman’s dyeing procedures
  2. aOnly alum mordanted yellow yarns were sampled, though iron mordanted gray yarns are also part of the collection
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