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Cigarette holder (boquilla) made from a pencil
Object/Artifact
Short cigarette holder improvised from a wooden pencil. Natural varnished‑wood hexagonal/round barrel with the painted ferrule (metal band, with banded gold and dark printing) retained at the mouth end; the eraser and its core have been removed and the barrel hollowed through to form a tube. The opposite end tapers slightly. The ferrule end is worn and partly crushed/splayed from use.
2025.2.9
Made by Anna Veltfort or her friends as a cigarette holder in the late-1960s.
Anna Veltfort collection
2025.2
Anna Veltfort
Gift
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Maker: Improvised/handmade; individual maker unidentified. (Repurposed from a manufactured pencil; pencil brand not legible.) Date: late-1960s Place of Origin: Havana
Materials: Wood (pencil barrel) with varnish/paint; metal ferrule (brass‑colored with painted bands). Technique: Hand‑modified manufactured pencil — eraser removed and barrel bored/hollowed to make a smoking mouthpiece.
Fair
Anna Veltfort
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
production, use
New York City
New York
U.S.A.
North America
preservation