Pandereta
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This large, hand-held drum, known in Puerto Rico as a <i>pandereta</i>, is an essential instrument in the musical genre known as <i>plena</i>. The <i>plena</i> was developed by agricultural workers at the end of the 19th century on the southern coast of the island, around the city of Ponce. Considered a national musical genre throughout the 20th century, the <i>plena</i> may have originally reflected musical traditions brought to Puerto Rico by immigrants from other Caribbean islands. This example is from the city of Mayagüez.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Este gran tambor de mano, que en Puerto Rico se denomina pandereta, es un instrumento esencial dentro del género musical conocido como plena. La plena surgió entre los trabajadores del campo a fines del siglo XIX en la costa sureña de la isla, alrededor de la ciudad de Ponce. A lo largo del siglo XX se lo consideró un género de música nacional, si bien originalmente pudo haber reflejado tradiciones musicales llevadas a Puerto Rico por inmigrantes de otras islas del Caribe. Este ejemplo proviene de la ciudad de Mayagüez.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Mayagüez, Mayagüez
title: label: Title
content: <i>Plena</i> Drum
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1083
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1083
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum, pandereta
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 27 cm; 3 3/8 in x 10 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 21.5 cm; 3 11/32 in x 8 15/32 in