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Macramé net shopping bag (jaba)

Object/Artifact

Hand‑knotted open‑net shopping bag in pale cream/natural cord. Diamond‑mesh body worked in macramé (knotted) technique, drawn up to a single wrapped/rolled loop handle at the top. Stretchy, collapsible carry‑all form — deep when loaded, flat when empty.

2025.1.231

Used in both the Cabrera Arús and the Arús Caraballo households

Made by José A Cabrera Pérez

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition

José A. Cabrera Pérez collection

2025.1

José A. Cabrera Pérez

circa 1980

1980s

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

Made in the early-1980s by José A. Cabrera Pérez

34 cm

Materials: Fine twisted cord — cotton or synthetic string (tentative; not confirmed from the image). Technique: Macramé / hand‑knotted netting (per cataloger).

Fair

José A. Cabrera Pérez

maker

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

production, use

Cuban net shopping bag ("jaba"), hand‑knotted in macramé — the avoska‑type string‑bag form.