Handkerchief
2016-20-30
From: Philippine Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2016-20-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands |
| Date Made | Before 1904 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Silk | Cotton |
| Technique | Woven | Embroidered | Laced |
| Description | Square cream-colored silk handkerchief with deep hems and square of cotton openwork embroidery framing broad central cross. Plain weave. Handkerchiefs like this one were most commonly used by cosmopolitan Filipina women during the late 1800s. Displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. |
| Length | 30.4 cm |
| Width | 30.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016 |
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