Handkerchief
2016-20-31
From: Philippine Islands | Visayan Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2016-20-31 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Visayan Islands |
| Date Made | Late 19th-Century |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pineapple Fiber | Cotton |
| Technique | Woven | Embroidered |
| Description | Square handkerchief of piña (pineapple fiber) cloth with meandering border featuring slim leaves and sprays of tiny red berries in cotton. Edges lightly hemmed. Plain weave. Yellowed. 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 | 40.5 cm |
| Width | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016 |
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