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Confetti-lucite bobby pins, lilac ground

Object/Artifact

A matched pair of hair grips (bobby pins / hairpins) of the slide type, each with a slim, slightly curved bar of translucent lilac/lavender plastic mounted along a sprung metal wire. The plastic bars are embedded with confetti flecks — small chips of silver/metallic, white, red, and gold suspended in the lilac resin, in the "confetti lucite" manner. Each bar caps the upper leg of a U-shaped sprung metal pin (the plain wire end projecting at one side), which grips the hair. The second image shows the pair displayed together on a small white tile/card. Both are intact and glossy, the lilac ground reading slightly more pink or more lavender depending on lighting.

2025.1.118

Used by María R. Cabrera Arús and María A. Cabrera Arús

The Cabrera Arús family collection

2025.1

1980s

Good

María A. Cabrera Arús

owner

María R. Cabrera Arús

owner

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

use