In the same vein here's a useful bibliographic note for those pursuing the
theme of natural dyes:

Wong, Olga Nakamine de.  1977.  The identification of
natural dyes in precolumbian textiles by mass
spectoremetry.  Unpublished MA thesis.  Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.

saludos,
Karen Lizarraga


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Interesting article. -Ed

http://www.physorg.com/news3563.html

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