Puerto Rican Guiro

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
This musical instrument from Puerto Rico, known as a guiro, was made from a hollow gourd with carved ridges along the side. It was played by running a drumstick or metal tined fork, called a scrapper, across the ridges which creates a grating sound used to create rhythms in many types of Caribbean music. The instrument kept the rhythm for the entire band to follow.
Credit Line
Gift of Teodoro Vidal
ID Number
1997.0097.1158
catalog number
1997.0097.1158
accession number
1997.0097
Object Name
guiro
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Many Voices, One Nation
Exhibition
Many Voices, One Nation
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_602528
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
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