Handkerchief
2016-20-29
From: Philippine Islands | Visayan Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2016-20-29 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Visayan Islands |
| Date Made | Late 19th-Century |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Silk | Cotton |
| Technique | Woven | Embroidered | Laced |
| Description | Square handkerchief of piña (pineapple fiber) cloth with embroidered border featuring large flowers and openwork leaves. Embroidered banner with single flower spray in one corner and the word “Gratitude” embroidered across. Plain weave. Handkerchiefs like this one were most commonly used by cosmopolitan Filipina women during the late 1800s. When embroidered with words, handkerchiefs like this one were woven as mementos. Yellowed, especially embroidery. Displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. |
| Length | 32 cm |
| Width | 31 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016 |
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