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"Palmier" toilet soap, white wrapping
Object/Artifact
A small rectangular bar of toilet soap in its original printed paper wrapper, unopened. The wrapper is white with a tropical motif — green palm trees and stylized sugarcane-like stalks and a setting sun — and the brand "PALMIER" in bold black, with "săpun fin de toaletă" (fine toilet soap) beneath. The reverse repeats the palm motif and carries the maker's diamond logo, country of origin, and net weight. The wrapper is soiled and stained, with the soap visible as a yellowish mass through thin/abraded areas.
2025.1.258
Kept in a box and forgotten along with other soaps in the Arús Caraballo household.
Sold in the state parallel market
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
Stela
Romania
Eastern Europe
Europe
Palmier
Date: Cannot be confirmed from the object; no production date is printed.
Inscription
wrapping
Palmier sapun fin de toaleta 150 g Stela Made in Romania
Romanian
Palmier fine toilet soap 150 g Stela Made in Romania
3 cm
5 cm
8 cm
1
Materials: Soap (saponified fats/oils, presumably a palm-oil-based toilet soap given the "Palmier"/palm branding — tentative); printed paper wrapper. Technique: Milled/pressed and stamped soap bar; offset-printed paper wrapper, folded and sealed.
Fair
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition
Romania
Eastern Europe
Europe
production