The Philippine IslandsA political, Geographical, ethnographical, social and commercial history of the Philippine Archipelago and its political dependencies, embracing the whole period of Spanish rule . a chignon. The pure natives and many half-breeds wear the shirtoutside the trousers. It is usually white, with a long stiff front, andcut European fashion, but often it is made of an extremely fine yellowtinted expensive material, called piiia—a texture manufactured frompine-leaf fibre. Some few of the nutiYejewiesse doree of Manila donthe European dress, much to their apparent discomfort. The o
The Philippine IslandsA political, Geographical, ethnographical, social and commercial history of the Philippine Archipelago and its political dependencies, embracing the whole period of Spanish rule . a chignon. The pure natives and many half-breeds wear the shirtoutside the trousers. It is usually white, with a long stiff front, andcut European fashion, but often it is made of an extremely fine yellowtinted expensive material, called piiia—a texture manufactured frompine-leaf fibre. Some few of the nutiYejewiesse doree of Manila donthe European dress, much to their apparent discomfort. The officialattire of the headman of a Manila ward and his subordinates, was a shirtwith the tail outside the trousers, like other natives or half-breeds,but over which was worn the official distinction of a short Eton jacket,reaching to the hips. A native woman wears a flowing skirt of gay colours—bright red,green, and white being the common choice. The length of train, andwhether the garment be of cotton, silk, or satin, depends on her are not yet the fashion, but a chemisette, which just covers her 1 Terremotoa de Nuiva Vizcaya en 1881, by Enrique Abella y Casariega,pub. Madrid^. A HALF-CASTE MANILA BELLE. NATIVE COSTUMES. 413 breast, and a starched neckcloth (panuelo) of piiia, or jiisl (pine andhemp filament mixed) are in common nse. The panuelo is square, and,being folded triangularly, it hangs in a point down the back, standsvery high up at the back of the neck, in 17th century style, whilst theother two points are brooched where they meet at the top of thechemisette decolletee. To this chemisette are added immensely wideshort sleeves. Her hair is brushed back from the forehead, without aparting, and coiled into a tight, flat chignon. In her hand she carriesa fan, without which she would feel lost. Native women have anextravagant desire to possess jewellery—even those who never wear head is covered with a white mantle of very thin material,sometimes
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