Object Details
- Description
- A traditional instrument of the Taínos, the unusual güiro is made from the seed pod of the native flamboyán, also know as the flame tree. It is played by scraping the carved ridges with the tines of a special pick or scraper.
- Description (Spanish)
- Instrumento tradicional de los Taínos, habitantes originales de Puerto Rico. El güiro se hace con el fruto del higüero, Crescentia cujete, que es un árbol nativo de la región. Se ejecuta pasando un puyero o raspador contra las ranuras talladas en el frente.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- 20th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1074
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1074
- Object Name
- güiro
- Physical Description
- gourd (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27.7 cm x 9 cm x 7.7 cm; 10 7/8 in x 3 9/16 in x 3 1/16 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cultures & Communities
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Güiro
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_602444
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3510-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
