This amazing looking porcelain statue is of one of the Cuban leagues 4 major teams of the 50's- the Cienfuegos Elefantes (Elephants). The statue features the team's mascot balancing a ball with his trunk. It has the team initial on the back post which can double as a vase. It stands a little more than 8" tall. It has super bright coloring and is in near mint condition.

***The Petroleros de Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos Oilers) first participated in the Cuban Professional League championship during the 1926-27 season. Although representing the south coast city of Cienfuegos, the team played their home games in Havana. Cienfuegos did not played in the 1927-28 season, contending again from 1928-29 through 1930-31. After eight long years of absence, Cienfuegos reapeared in the 1939-40 tournament. In the 1949-50 season, the team was renamed as the Elefantes de Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos Elephants). "The pace of the elephant is slow but crushing", exclaimed the slogan of the Cienfuegos franchise that contended until the 1960-61 season.

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