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Burlap handbag with wooden ring handles

Object/Artifact

Hand‑made handbag with a body of coarse jute burlap (arpillera/yute) and two circular wooden ring handles at the top. The front is decorated with applied navy bias‑tape banding forming a border and a crisscross/star lattice, infilled with strips of printed floral fabric, and accented by several small hand‑tied yarn tassels/tufts in red and cream. Interior lined with a pale plain‑weave cotton (visible at the opening). Rounded, slouchy form.

2025.1.229

Made and used by Rosa Gálvez Alum

The Cabrera Arús family collection

2025.1

Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez

1960s

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

1960s. Rosa Gálvez Alum (or her sister) made it with sack and fabric strips from an old dress.

Stamp

[illegible]

42.5 (with handles) x 31.5

42.5 cm

31.5 cm

Burlap

Wood

Fabric

Materials: Jute burlap (body); wooden ring handles; cotton lining; printed cotton fabric and bias‑tape trim; yarn tassels. Technique: Hand‑sewn construction; appliquéd bias‑tape and fabric‑strip decoration; hand‑tied yarn tufts; lined interior.

Good