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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