Marímbula
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>marímbula</i>, (also <i>marímbola</i>), is an African-derived folk instrument found across the Caribbean. Large enough for its player to sit on, this instrument consists of a large, resonating box with metal strips that are plucked to provide a simple bass accompaniment. Its affordability, ease of construction, and portability (it can be strapped to its player like a marching drum), made it adaptable to many styles of folk music, from the roving <i>aguinaldo</i> of the Christmas season to a street-corner <i>plena</i>.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: La marímbula, o marímbola, es un instrumento derivado del folklore africano que puede hallarse en todo el Caribe. Es lo suficientemente grande como para que el intérprete pueda sentarse sobre él. Consiste en una caja de resonancia con flejes de metal que se puntean produciendo un simple acompañamiento de sonidos graves. Dado que se trata de un instrumento accesible, fácil de construir y de transportar (el intérprete puede colgárselo con una faja al igual que un tambor de marcha), se lo adaptó a diferentes estilos de música folclórica, desde el aguinaldo de la época navideña hasta la plena.
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: <i>Marímbula</i>
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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: 1997.0097.0512
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0512
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thumb piano/marimbola
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45.5 cm x 67.5 cm x 19 cm; 17 15/16 in x 26 9/16 in x 7 1/2 in