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Hair roller (curler), artisanal

Object/Artifact

A cylindrical hair roller made by hand from green plastic mesh/netting wound into a roll around a wire core. The open-weave plastic net forms the body, its grid visible all over; the winding gives a slightly ridged/undulating surface, and the ends are open. A handmade, improvised curler rather than a manufactured one. No maker's mark, brand, or lettering is present.

2025.1.182

In the Arús Caraballo household

Artisanal fabrication

The Cabrera Arús family collection

2025.1

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

6.5 cm

3.5 cm

Metal

Plastic

Materials: Green plastic mesh/netting (open-weave, repurposed; specific polymer undetermined), wound around an inner wire core. Technique: Plastic mesh/net wound and rolled by hand into a cylindrical roller — a hand-adapted (improvised) hair curler; open at both ends.

Very Good

Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez

owner

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

ownership