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Lithographed Commemorative Tin — "XX Aniversario" (20th Anniversary of the Moncada Assault)
Object/Artifact
A cylindrical lithographed sheet-metal tin with rolled rims top and bottom. The exterior carries a continuous wraparound frieze of stylized, geometric children cartoon in a flat mid-century graphic style, striding in procession against a cream ground. Among them: one dressed as a soldier with a slung rifle and holstered sidearm; one dressed in blue and green as a militiaman holding a pistol; one with a multicolored beach ball; one dressed like a campesino in a wide yellow/orange straw hat with blue trousers; and one carrying a bag/briefcase printed with the "XX ANIVERSARIO" emblem — two interlocking red X's on a blue ground, "ANIVERSARIO" beneath. Photos courtesy of Estela Estevez and Eira Arrate. Object not in the Cuba Material collection.
Lithographed Commemorative Tin — "XX Aniversario" (20th Anniversary of the Moncada Assault)
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Close ×The emblem ties the tin to 1973, the "Año del XX Aniversario," marking twenty years since the 26 July 1953 Moncada assault — the act from which the 26 of July Movement and the Revolution trace their origin. The parading figures personify "el pueblo" — militia, campesino, children, workers — in a celebratory civic procession typical of anniversary graphics. The object is a Cuban commemorative container; its precise function is uncertain (most likely a candy/confectionery tin or a children's savings bank produced for the anniversary). The flat, geometric, brightly colored illustration is characteristic of early-1970s Cuban graphic design.
Estela Estevez and Eira Arrate's collection
1973
1970s
"XX ANIVERSARIO" (interlaced double-X emblem, printed on the bag motif).
Cilíndricas tin body; top lid
Metal
Tin-Plated Steel (Tinplate): The standard rigid sheet metal used to form the structural body. Lithographic Ink: The baked-on, weather-resistant enamel ink layer forming the exterior graphic.
Fair
M-26-7
imagery
Cuban Revolution
Attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks