Philippine Display Doll

This display doll wears the traditional Philippine "barong tagalog" shirt. Real barongs are made from pineapple fiber, called "piña." They are traditionally worn for formal occasions.

Unique to the Philippines, piña is made by weaving the fibers of the leaves of the pineapple plant. It is made into men's shirts, women’s blouses, shoulder scarfs, handkerchiefs, and table linens.

Europeans introduced the pineapple to the Philippines from the Americas sometime in the sixteenth century. By the 1570s, local inhabitants began weaving piña fabric. Piña has long been treasured due to the laborious, time-consuming process of its production—extracting the pineapple plant fibers, washing and drying the fibers in the sun, patiently hand knotting three to four feet of fibers together to form thread, weaving threads into cloth on simple looms, and then embroidering the fabric.

The doll is one of a set of dolls manufactured by Alto Craft Inc., handmade in the Philippines. These dolls were intended to show Filipinos in everyday activities.
Source:
https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/pineapple-pina-philippine-textile