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Tourism coaster, "Varadero" (Cuba), with Neptune emblem
Object/Artifact
Round pressed-pulpboard coaster printed in two blues on a tan ground. The central figure is a stylized Neptune/Poseidon — crowned and bearded, holding a trident, with a scaled fish-tail lower body rising from stylized waves. To the upper left is the lowercase rounded "cuba" tourism wordmark (darker blue); across the foot, "VARADERO" in bold dark-blue capitals. The board is toned and fibrous with scattered staining. Three count.
2025.1.304
A tourism/souvenir coaster for Varadero, the long beach peninsula on the north coast (Matanzas province) that is Cuba's premier seaside resort destination. It uses the national lowercase "cuba" tourism wordmark of the INIT/Cubatur era, paired with a Neptune sea-god device fitting the beach/marine theme. It sits with the collection's Cuban tourism coasters (Playas del Este, La Bodeguita del Medio) as part of the state tourism sector's promotional/hospitality material.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
2025.1
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Source: Cuban state tourism promotion for Varadero (INIT/Cubatur-era national branding); printer unidentified. Date: undetermined; tentatively 1970s–1980s (the "cuba" tourism wordmark and graphic style). Not closely datable. Place: Cuba (Varadero, Matanzas).
Inscription
Front of Coaster
Cuba Varadero
10.5 cm
Cardboard
Pressed wood-pulp coaster board; blue printing inks (two shades).
Good
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Varadero
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
imagery
Sources: the object; the lowercase "cuba" wordmark corresponds to the national tourism branding of the INIT/Cubatur era; Varadero is Cuba's principal beach resort (Matanzas province).