Piña cloth (a)
LOCAL NAME:
Piña cloth (a)
ENGLISH NAME:
Pineapple cloth sample swatch
DESCRIPTION:
Possibly from Panay Island: Piña cloth
A woven pineapple cloth featuring floral motifs embroidered in white silk threads
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Possibly from Panay Island, Mindanao
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Pineapple fibers, Silk threads
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Weaving, Embroidery
DIMENSIONS:
Length
186.4 cm
Width
129 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
RESEARCH DATA:
This textile from the collection is a three-paneled woven piña/pineapple (Ananas comosus) cloth, featuring intricate floral and net-like silk embroidery designs. It is featured in Araneta and Lim’s (2014) book Art and the Order of Nature and is described as a gauzy fabric that “is a product of the weaving together of colonial influence and indigenous technology.” This description reflects the fact that it was woven using fibers from piña, a plant native to the Americas, while applying traditional indigenous methods used in weaving abaca textiles (Araneta & Lim, 2014).
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