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"Pepito" rubber boy doll
Manufactured Doll
Small molded rubber (or soft vinyl) figural doll of a smiling boy, marketed as "Pepito." Hand‑painted features — blue eyes, freckles, red smiling mouth, rosy cheeks — with an inset blond fiber‑hair fringe beneath a molded red brimmed cap. Painted clothing: a ribbed orange/yellow sweater shading to teal trousers, with black‑and‑white shoes. Standing pose. A squeak toy type.
2025.5.3
Belonged to Jorge Pantoja Amengual
This rubber doll was named “Pepito”, probably after the character from popular jokes.
Jorge Pantoja Amengual collection
2025.5
Jorge Pantoja Amengual
Maker: Marketed under the product/factory name "Pepito" (per collection records). Manufacturer and country not confirmed from the object; no maker's mark located in this view. Date: Undetermined; no date present. Place of Origin: Undetermined. Stylistically consistent with Soviet (USSR)/Eastern‑Bloc 1970s rubber character dolls.
21.5 cm
Original
painted
Golden
Nylon
doll, cap
Synthetic
Materials: Molded rubber or soft vinyl, hand‑painted; applied synthetic fiber hair (tentative). Technique: Slush/molded rubber‑or‑vinyl doll with hand‑painted detailing and inset hair.
Jorge Pantoja Amengual
owner
Pepito
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition
Pioneros: Building Cuba's Socialist Childhood
Sold under the name "Pepito" (per collection records); independent product documentation not located via web search. Object type matches a well‑documented class of 1970s Soviet/Eastern‑Bloc soft‑rubber character dolls (squeak‑toy type), which reached Cuba through Eastern Bloc trade.