Woman’s shawl originally found in centre of Manchuria (5)
I believe the answer is:
fichu
'woman's shawl' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'originally found in centre of manchuria' is the wordplay.
'originally' indicates taking the first letters.
'centre of' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letters of 'manchuria' are 'chu'.
The first letters of 'found in' is 'fi'.
'fi'+'chu'='FICHU'
(Other definitions for fichu that I've seen before include "Eighteenth-century woman's light scarf" , "Light triangular scarf" , "Triangular shawl round shoulders and neck" , "Triangular piece of muslin for the neck" , "Lace shawl" .)