Name/Title
"CLOK" (Maxi) hair-roller box, 10 rollers — emptyEntry/Object ID
2025.10.1Description
Tall rectangular tuck-end retail display carton, paperboard, printed in blue and magenta/pink on white, photographed front and back.
Front: a top blue band reads "10 ROLLERS," "S. 1367/1073," and "Made in Poland"; below, a pop-illustration of a blonde woman with a flicked 1970s-style coiffure; the brand logo sets "Maxi" in pink script above "CLOK" in a stylized chevron, the letters pierced by die-cut display windows (to show the rollers inside). Vertical blue dashed/ticked stripes run down the side edges.
Back: magenta printing in Polish — four bulleted selling points above a line illustration of a hand winding a lock of hair onto a roller. A small printer's mark "Gn2" sits at lower left.
Multiple yellowed adhesive-tape repairs cross both faces; edge wear, creasing, and losses throughout; the box is empty.Use
Item belonged to donor's aunt. She lives in Matanzas, Cuba, and sent the rollers to the donor's mother, who lives in the US.Context
A Polish-made set of plastic hair rollers/curlers — an everyday women's grooming accessory. The bilingual packaging (English on the front, Polish on the back) marks it as an export product; Polish consumer goods reached Cuba through socialist-bloc (Comecon) trade, and the piece belongs with the collection's cluster of imported socialist-bloc toiletries and grooming items (alongside Soviet, East German, Bulgarian, and Czechoslovak goods). The Polish back-panel copy promotes the rollers as easy to use, non-damaging to hair, suitable for heat-drying, and able to produce any lasting hairstyle quickly.Acquisition
Accession
2025.10Source or Donor
Oxana ÁlvarezAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Place
Country
PolandRegion
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeEdition
Brand: CLOK ("Maxi" most likely denoting the large roller size rather than part of the brand name).Notes
Manufacturer/exporter: not named beyond "Made in Poland" (no specific factory or foreign-trade enterprise stated; "S. 1367/1073" appears to be a catalog/reference number; the brand is not documented in available online sources — tentative).
Date: tentatively 1970s (possibly into the early 1980s). Based on the illustration and graphic style; no printed date.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
box topTranscription
10 ROLLERS
S. 1367/1073 Made in Poland
Maxi LokLanguage
EnglishType
InscriptionLocation
box bottomTranscription
ŁATWE W UŻYCIU
NIE NISZCZĄ WŁOSOW UMOŻLIWIAJĄ SUSZENIE NA GORĄCO
ZAPEWNIAJĄ UZYSKANIE W REKORDOWO KRÓTKIM CZASIE DOWOLNEGO MODELU TRWAŁEJ FRYZURY.Language
PolishTranslation
EASY TO USE
DO NOT DAMAGE THE HAIR ALLOW THE DRYING ON HOT
ENSURE OBTAINING ANY MODEL OF PERMANENT HAIRSTYLE IN RECORD TIME.Notes
Front: "10 ROLLERS / S. 1367/1073 / Made in Poland"; logo "Maxi CLOK."
Back (Polish, with translation): "ŁATWE W UŻYCIU" (easy to use); "NIE NISZCZĄ WŁOSÓW" (do not damage hair); "UMOŻLIWIAJĄ SUSZENIE NA GORĄCO" (allow heat/hot drying); "ZAPEWNIAJĄ UZYSKANIE W REKORDOWO KRÓTKIM CZASIE DOWOLNEGO MODELU TRWAŁEJ FRYZURY" (ensure any lasting hairstyle in record time). Printer's mark "Gn2" at lower left.Dimensions
Height
3 cmWidth
10 cmLength
19.5 cmMaterials
Material
CardboardMaterial Notes
Printed paperboard; pressure-sensitive tape (later repairs). Original contents (plastic rollers) absent.Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
MatanzasCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
ownershipPlace
Country
PolandRegion
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeNotes
productionResearch Notes
Notes
Sources: the object itself; web searches did not surface the vintage "CLOK"/"Maxi CLOK" brand (current results are all modern, unrelated roller products), so the maker and the meaning of "S. 1367/1073" remain unconfirmed.Created By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
March 31, 2022Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 15, 2026
