Kerchief

Unknown

late 19th century · cotton · Costume Institute

The pattern on this scarf is subtly woven to look like it is veiled, not unlike the painstaking Filipino shadow work embroidery technique known as "sombrado." that is worked on pineapple cloth.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 19th century

Medium

cotton

Culture

Philippine

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime L. Hermanos, 1961