Flying Eagle Oil Pastel set, 32 colours

Object/Artifact

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

"Flying Eagle" Oil Pastel set, 32 colours

Entry/Object ID

2025.19.3

Description

A boxed set of thirty-two paper-wrapped oil pastel sticks in a two-piece cardboard tray-and-lid box, sold as a retail hang-pack inside a clear plastic shrink sleeve with a white cord loop. The printed cover is black, scattered with neon child's-doodle motifs (children, car, sailboat, house, flower, fish, bird) and dominated by "PASTEL" in large multicolor block capitals, with "OIL," the "Flying Eagle" name and eagle logo, the Chinese title, "32 COLOURS," and a small green panda mascot. The tray holds the full row of sticks; the lid interior is plain white. Set appears complete at thirty-two.

Collection

Elaine Acosta collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.19

Source or Donor

Elaine Acosta

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Time Period

1980s

Place

Country

People's Republic of China

Continent

Asia

Notes

Maker: Flying Eagle (Chinese stationery brand, eagle-in-flight trademark). Specific manufacturer/factory not identified; recorded as brand-only. Made in the People's Republic of China (confirmed on the sticks and via the collection's prior documentation). Date: Undated. Cannot be confirmed within 1959–1990 and may fall outside it; a 1980s–90s date is plausible but unconfirmed (tentative).

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Front: "OIL PASTEL"; "PASTEL" (multicolor block letters); "FLYING EAGLE" (yellow) with eagle-in-flight logo and ®; "油彩粉笔" (oil pastel); "32 COLOURS"; green panda mascot Sticks: printed paper wrappers reading "Oil Pastel / FLYING EAGLE / CHINA" with color numbers

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Printed paperboard box; clear plastic shrink sleeve; cord hanging loop; thirty-two oil pastel sticks (pigment in an oil/wax binder) in printed paper wrappers. Technique: Offset-lithographed paperboard; extruded oil-pastel sticks in printed paper wrappers; shrink-wrapped hang-pack.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Elaine Acosta

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

use

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

August 25, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026