Pandereta
Pandereta
- Description
- This large, hand-held drum, known in Puerto Rico as a pandereta, is an essential instrument in the musical genre known as plena. The plena was developed by agricultural workers at the end of the 19th century on the southern coast of the island, around the city of Ponce. Considered a national musical genre throughout the 20th century, the plena may have originally reflected musical traditions brought to Puerto Rico by immigrants from other Caribbean islands. This example is from the city of Mayagüez.
- Description (Spanish)
- Este gran tambor de mano, que en Puerto Rico se denomina pandereta, es un instrumento esencial dentro del género musical conocido como plena. La plena surgió entre los trabajadores del campo a fines del siglo XIX en la costa sureña de la isla, alrededor de la ciudad de Ponce. A lo largo del siglo XX se lo consideró un género de música nacional, si bien originalmente pudo haber reflejado tradiciones musicales llevadas a Puerto Rico por inmigrantes de otras islas del Caribe. Este ejemplo proviene de la ciudad de Mayagüez.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 20th century
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico: Mayagüez-Aguadilla, Mayaguez
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- aluminum (overall material)
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.5 cm x 27 cm; 3 3/8 in x 10 5/8 in
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1083
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1083
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- subject
- Puerto Rico
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- Cultural and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
