Newborn infant ID bracelet

Name/Title

Newborn infant ID bracelet

Entry/Object ID

2025.3.2

Description

Small hospital newborn identification bracelet in pale pink plastic. A narrow flexible plastic band sized for an infant's wrist or ankle, closing with a snap fastener (stud visible) and a punched row of adjustment holes/slot at one end, tapering to a thin tab at the other. A handwritten paper identification slip is held beneath a clear plastic window in the band — ruled paper with cursive ink recording identifying details.

Use

Given to Meyken Barreto Querol at birth.

Collection

The Barreto Querol family collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.3

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Time Period

1980s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Handwritten paper slip under the window: "[illegible initial] Magdalena Querol"; "Hcl" [Historia Clínica] "82743"

Materials

Material

Plastic, Paper

Material Notes

Materials: Pink plastic band with clear plastic window; snap fastener; paper insert with ink. Technique: Molded/extruded plastic band with applied snap and an insert window for a written ID slip.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Meyken Barreto Querol

Notes

owner

Person or Organization

Magdalena Querol

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

issuance

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

November 19, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 10, 2026