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Confetti-lucite hair clip, dark ground (bobby-pin style)
Object/Artifact
A hair clip of the sprung bobby-pin/grip type, the front face an elongated, gently undulating (wave-shaped) bar of clear plastic embedded with confetti flecks over a dark ground — small chips of red, white/cream, and gold/metallic suspended in transparent resin in the "confetti lucite" manner, reading dark overall. The decorative bar is mounted on a thin sprung metal pin/wire that grips the hair, its plain end protruding at one side. Intact and glossy.
2025.1.117
Used by María R. Cabrera Arús and María A. Cabrera Arús
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
1980s
Date undetermined. Confetti-lucite accessories were popular from the mid-20th century onward; nothing fixes a precise date.
Materials Clear plastic/resin (lucite-type) with embedded multicolored confetti flecks over a dark ground; sprung metal pin/wire. Technique Cast/molded transparent resin with suspended colored confetti inclusions, shaped into a wavy bar; mounted on a sprung-metal grip wire.
Good
María A. Cabrera Arús
owner
María R. Cabrera Arús
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use