Investigation of Natural Dyes and Taxonomic Identification of Fibers Used in Chancay Textiles by Vibrational Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry.

ABSTRACT: Textiles provide a valuable source of information regarding past cultures and their artistic practices. Understanding ancient textiles requires identifying the raw materials used, since the origin of dyes and fibers may be from plants or animals, with the specific species used varying based on geography, trade routes and cultural significance. A selection of nine Chancay textile fragments attributed to 800-1200 CE were studied with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) to identify the chemical compounds in extracts of natural dyes used to create green, blue, red, yellow and black colors. From the identified molecular markers, the green colors involved the overdyeing of indigo and flavonoid dyes, the blue colors were ach

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Granados KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812008 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature