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
- 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
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cultures & Communities
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Puyero de Güiro
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_602463
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-2b76-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
