Black leather bifold wallet with snap tab

Object/Artifact

Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Black leather bifold wallet with snap tab

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.347

Description

Women's bifold wallet in black leather immitation with a snap-tab closure on the front. The interior fits a billfold/note compartment with a woven textile lining, a clear acetate ID/photo window over a pocket, and a coin pocket closed by an envelope-style snap flap. Edges are stitched throughout; closures are metal snaps.

Use

Used by Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez

Context

No maker's mark is present, so manufacturer and origin cannot be established; catalogued descriptively. The full-featured layout — ID window, billfold, and snap coin pocket — is a common mid-twentieth-century pattern.

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection, Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Dimensions

Height

9 cm

Width

11 cm

Depth

2 cm

Dimension Notes

dimensions for wallet closed

Materials

Material

Synthetic

Material Notes

Black synthetic leather (shell, pockets, tabs); woven textile (billfold lining); clear acetate/cellophane (ID window); plated metal (snaps).

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gertrudis Caraballo 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