Fringed scarf, orange plaid print (hand-printed, Japan)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Fringed scarf, orange plaid print (hand-printed, Japan)

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.77

Description

A long rectangular lightweight scarf in a silky woven fabric, printed with an abstract plaid/grid pattern of crossing bands in orange, black, brown, and white. The short ends are finished with a knotted heading above a deep twisted/looped fringe of self-colored orange threads.

Use

Purchased by María A Arús Caraballo and her mother, Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez, after a neighbor's purchase.

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection, María A. Arús Caraballo collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Scarf

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Satin

Lining

Satin

Color

Pink, Yellow, Red

Notes

MATERIALS: Lightweight printed dress fabric — silk or a synthetic (rayon/polyester) of silky hand (the "no crinkle" on the sibling's label hints at a synthetic). Self-fabric/thread fringe. TECHNIQUES: Screen ("hand") printing on woven fabric; ends finished with a knotted/macramé heading and applied or self-fringe.

Made/Created

Time Period

1970s

Place

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Notes

MAKER: Per the label seen on the matching plaid scarf, a Japanese maker ("100% HAND PRINT / NO CRINKLE / MADE IN JAPAN"). No label is visible on this scarf; maker attributed by close match to its labelled sibling. DATE / PERIOD: Not dated; mid-to-late 20th century (estimated) for a Japanese hand-printed fashion scarf of this type. Undetermined more precisely. ORIGIN: Japan (manufacture), attributed via the matching labelled scarf ("Made in Japan"). Acquisition: 1970s Cuba per María A. Arús Caraballo.

Dimensions

Length

177.9 cm

Parts

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

María A. Arús Caraballo

Notes

owner

Person or Organization

Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

purchase

Place

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Notes

production

Research Notes

Notes

This is one of three fringed printed scarves recorded together. It shares its plaid print design and fringe with the red/maroon plaid scarf (its colorway sibling) and is, with it, of Japanese manufacture per that scarf's "Made in Japan / hand print" label; the deep-red chain-print scarf is a different design but part of the same set. Japanese export scarves of this kind were widely produced and sold internationally in the mid-to-late twentieth century; "hand print" denotes hand screen-printing.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

March 31, 2022

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 14, 2026