Puyero de Güiro

Description:

Known as a puyero or raspador, the pick or scraper used to play the güiro makes rhythmic patterns with combinations of downstrokes and upstrokes.

Date Made: 20th century

Description (Spanish): Conocida también como púa o raspador, el puyero que se utiliza para tocar el güiro produce patrones rítmicos que se logran combinando golpes hacia arriba y hacia abajo.Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Puerto Rico

Subject: Puerto Rico

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Ethnic, Music & Musical Instruments, Cultures & Communities, Vidal

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Credit Line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1997.0097.1093Accession Number: 1997.0097Catalog Number: 1997.0097.1093

Object Name: pick/ puyero de güiro

Physical Description: wood (overall material)paint (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 44.1 cm x 14.6 cm x 1.6 cm; 17 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 5/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-2b75-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_602462

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