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Linen called Pina by the Natives of the Philippine Islands

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

May 25, 1817

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 85

Additional Source Text:

"This is manufactured from the fiber of the stock of the pine Apple indigenus of the above Islands, and used by both sexes for Shirts beautifully embroidered, the best manufactured in the Island of Panay one of the Philippine Islands."

The donor is described as being "of Spain."

Notes:

Juan Garcia Verdugo was a Spanish official in the Philippines.