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Hair roller (curler) made from a repurposed perforated plastic tube
Object/Artifact
A short cylindrical hair roller fashioned from a length of rigid plastic tube in a tan/ochre (copper-toned) color. The tube wall is pierced with two staggered longitudinal rows of round drilled holes (roughly four per row in the view shown), open at both ends. A faint scored/seam line runs along the length. The holes are characteristic of a hair curler — allowing airflow/heat and a means to pin the roller and secure gathered hair. The piece is handmade, adapted from tube stock rather than a manufactured cosmetic roller. No maker's mark, lettering, or label is present.
2025.1.161
In the Arús Caraballo household
These hair rollers were sold in state "ferreterías" (hardware stores), as per María A. Arús Caraballo.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
4 count. 2 sizes.
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Hand-made
they came in two diameters: 2.3 cms and 1.7 cms
7 cm
Plastic
Materials: Rigid plastic tube (repurposed; specific polymer undetermined), tan/ochre colored. Technique: A section of plastic tube cut to length, with two staggered rows of holes drilled through the wall — a hand-adapted (improvised) hair roller. Open at both ends.
Good
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition, ownership
Cuban Finotype and Its Materiality