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

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Table 2 Materials from the Saltzman Collection of Peruvian dyes

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

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
^aOnly alum mordanted yellow yarns were sampled, though iron mordanted gray yarns are also part of the collection