Filipina Doll in Sinamay Skirt

What a lovely Filipino doll, a collectors item. Unfortunately it is not for sale. I saw this Filipina doll at Kultura Filipina, on the second floor of SM Mall of Asia. If you look closely at the materials used for the Maria Clara attire of the doll, the skirt is made of sinamay cloth, a handwoven fabric made from stripped fibers of the abaca plant. These fibers come from the stalk of the abaca plant which takes about two years to mature from from planting to processing. This would have been a perfect souvenir gift for Filipino Balikbayans or the Filipino- Americans..