spoon sleeve

Name/Title

spoon sleeve

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.114

Description

Handmade leather sleeve used to hold a spoon in prison. The back is inscribed with the names of the prisons where the owner was held in the late 1960s, after being sentenced to three years for attempting to leave the country and for abandoning his military post while in the draft. An improvised object shaped by politics and confinement.

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Notes

Belonged to José A Cabrera Pérez

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

December 15, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

December 15, 2025