Puyero de Güiro
Puyero de Güiro
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- Description
- In Puerto Rico, the güiro provides an essential rhythmic element in genres as distinct as the street-oriented plena, and the salon-oriented danza. This unusual güiro pick is in the shape of a human head.
- Description (Spanish)
- En Puerto Rico, el güiro aporta un elemento rítmico esencial a géneros tan distintos como la plena, de orientación callejera, y la danza, más de salón. El singular puyero de este güiro tiene la forma de una cabeza.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pick, puyero de güiro
- Date made
- 20th century
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27.6 cm x 6.3 cm x 1.2 cm; 10 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1097
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1097
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- subject
- Puerto Rico
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- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cultures & Communities
- Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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