Refrigerator water bottle, teal

Object/Artifact

Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Refrigerator water bottle, teal

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.250

Description

A small, flat, wedge-form bottle of molded plastic, roughly rectangular in side profile, taller/thicker at the neck end and tapering slightly toward the opposite (far) end, which terminates in a scalloped, ribbed edge. Each broad face carries a central panel of parallel ribbing enclosed in a rounded-end (stadium/teardrop) frame, surrounded by a finely stippled diamond/cross-hatch texture. A short cylindrical neck set at one upper corner carries a ribbed screw cap (apparently, artisanally made to substitute the original). The body is a pale teal/turquoise. No printed or applied label is present on the surfaces shown. One of three near-identical flasks in the collection differing only in color (teal, orange, pink); cataloged as a separate object.

Use

Used in the Cabrera Arús household.

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Materials

Material

Plastic

Material Notes

Extrusion blow molding for the bottle bodies; injection molding for the caps; threaded neck finish

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

María A. Arús Caraballo

Notes

Owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Purchase

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

June 4, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 4, 2026