Güiro Pick

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Object Details

Description

This güiro pick is in the shape of a cuatro, the national string instrument of Puerto Rico. Both the güiro and cuatro feature prominently in the instrumentation of traditional Puerto Rican genres like the seis and plena.

Description (Spanish)

Este puyero de güiro tiene la forma de un cuatro, el instrumento nacional de cuerdas de Puerto Rico. Tanto el güiro como el cuatro ocupan un lugar prominente en la instrumentación de los géneros tradicionales puertorriqueños, tales como el seis y la plena.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Teodoro Vidal

Date made

20th century

ID Number

1997.0097.1094

accession number

1997.0097

catalog number

1997.0097.1094

Object Name

pick, puyero de güiro

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

paint (overall material)

metal (overall material)

shell (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 25.1 cm x 8.8 cm x 2 cm; 9 7/8 in x 3 7/16 in x 13/16 in

Place Made

Puerto Rico

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Vidal

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-2b76-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_602463