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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