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"Cepil" plastic dressing comb, black
Object/Artifact
A one-piece molded black plastic dressing/combination comb (peine), with a row of coarser, wider-set teeth across roughly half its length and finer, closely set teeth across the other half, and a plain spine. Molded into the spine are "HECHO EN CUBA" (upper edge) and the maker mark "CEPIL" (center); a small circular ejector-pin mark is visible on the spine (a molding artifact). The comb shows surface scuffing, whitish residue/streaking, and general wear.
2025.1.174
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
CEPIL
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Cepil
CEPIL has been is described as "única empresa cubana dedicada a la producción de cepillos y artículos plásticos, inaugurada en la provincia de Ciego de Ávila el 13 de febrero de 1963, por el entonces Ministro de Industrias, Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara".
Inscription
top of comb
HECHO EN CUBA CEPIL
Spanish
MADE IN CUBA CEPIL
Inscribed
3 cm
12.5 cm
Plastic
Materials: Molded plastic (black; likely polystyrene or similar — unconfirmed). Technique: Injection-molded one-piece comb (combination coarse/fine teeth), with molded-in lettering.
Good
María A. Arús Caraballo
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use