Yumurí brown woven-textile lace-up casual shoes with white saddle overlays

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

"Yumurí" brown woven-textile lace-up casual shoes with white saddle overlays

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.345

Description

Pair of men's/unisex low-top casual lace-up shoes of plimsoll/sneaker construction. Uppers are a coarse brown woven textile (jute/linen-type hopsack) with white leather or vinyl saddle-style overlays around the lacing, finished with scalloped/pinked edges. The topline is bound in brown leather/vinyl forming a padded collar; the tongue/throat is a brown ribbed knit gusset. Closure is brown round laces through metal eyelets. A blue-and-gold woven brand label reading YUMURÍ sits at the left throat. Soles are pale rubber/crepe with a thin foxing band (vulcanized/cemented, espadrille-like edge). Insoles are textile, heavily soiled and degraded.

Use

Belonged to Leopoldo Arús Gálvez, who wore them to exercise.

Context

Everyday casual footwear retailed under the Cuban brand Yumurí. Yumurí was a Havana clothing-and-footwear brand/store of the socialist period; period sources recall branded apparel such as the "camisa Yumurí," placing the name firmly in 1970s–1980s Cuban consumer culture. The shoe combines a utilitarian textile-and-rubber (plimsoll) build with a decorative white saddle overlay. Whether Yumurí manufactured the shoe or applied its label as a retail brand is not established.

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection, Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Shoes

Clothing Sex

Male

Textile Details

Material

Fabric

Color

Brown, White

Made/Created

Manufacturer

MINIL

Place

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Edition

Yumurí

Notes

Date: not independently datable; circa 1970s–1980s tentative, on general stylistic/construction grounds only.

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Label

Location

Side

Transcription

Yumurí

Language

Spanish

Material/Technique

Label

Notes

Woven brand label at the left-shoe throat: YUMURÍ (black/gold).

Dimensions

Dimension Description

size 11 (US men's shoe size)

Parts

Two shoes (left, right)

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

use

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

March 31, 2022

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 17, 2026