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Boxed set of pick-up sticks (palitos chinos)
Object/Artifact
Elongated rectangular paperboard sleeve printed with diagonal stripes in red, yellow, blue, and black on a cream ground, holding a bundle of slim pointed sticks in several colors (red, green, blue, and yellow visible). One end is open with the sticks protruding. A stylized geometric/op-art logotype reading the product name runs lengthwise along the upper face.
2025.5.7
Belonged to Jorge Pantoja Amengual. A second, less preserved box, belonged to the Cabrera Arús family.
Jorge Pantoja Amengual collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.5
Jorge Pantoja Amengual
Unidad de Jugetes, I.L.
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Date: No printed date on the box. The "I.L." (Industria Ligera) maker designation places manufacture in the post-1959 state-industry period and within 1959–1990; the standalone Light Industry ministry (MINIL) dates from the late-1960s, so a circa 1970s–1980s date is most likely.
Inscription
box
Palitos Chinos Hecho en Cuba Unidad de Juguetes, I.L. Refer. J-6615
Spanish
Pick-Up Sticks Made in Cuba Toys Unit, I.L. Ref. J-6615
Ink
Note
box
080
most probably, price ($0.80)
Box: 19.5; Each stick: 17.9
one box contains 41 sticks; the other, 38
box, 80 sticks
Box
included in part count
Plastic
Cardboard
Materials: Printed paperboard (box); colored sticks of wood or plastic (material not determinable from the images). Technique: Lithographed/printed paper-covered paperboard sleeve; dyed or painted pointed sticks.
Fair
Jorge Pantoja Amengual
owner
María R. Cabrera Arús
owner
María A. Cabrera Arús
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition, use
The reference code J-6615 is a state product/catalog number ("J" likely for juguete).