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Mesh Plastic Handbag with Flower Appliqué (bolso / "jaba"), green
Object/Artifact
A handbag worked in green synthetic/plastic cord as a regular open mesh, with a decorative shell/fan-patterned band across the upper yoke and a plain net body tapering to a rounded base. Two integral strap handles form a shoulder loop. A round cord-covered disc button at the top-center front serves as the closure. On the reverse, a multi-petaled cream/white flower rosette is applied as ornament.
2025.6.41
Belonged to Mirta Martínez Forteza.
A plain, everyday bag.
Mirta Martínez Forteza collection
The Martínez Suquet family collection
2025.6
Mirta Suquet
Gift
Date: Undatable from the object — mesh bags of this type span the 1960s to the present.
41.5 cm
29.5 cm
Bag body with integral handles and covered-button closure with applied flower rosette.
Plastic
Good
Mirta Martínez Forteza
owner
Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use