Cuatro
date: label: Date made
content: 1898-1899
label: date made
content: ca 1899
label: Associated Date
content: 1898-11-03-1899-01-23
notes: label: Description
content: Smithsonian curator Paul Beckwith acquired this cuatro in 1898-99 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, shortly after the Spanish-American War. This instrument is an example of the “old style” (“antiguo”) cuatro with four strings and a keyhole shape. This type of cuatro was popular until the early 20th century when it was gradually replaced by the violin-shaped 10-string cuatro still common today. This example appears to have originally been fitted with eight strings (four courses of double strings), a common style in the south of the island. Three tiples at the National Museum of Natural History (E201482B, E201482C, E201482D) were collected at the same time.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: El curador del Smithsonian Paul Beckwith adquirió este cuatro entre el 1898 y 1899 en Ponce, Puerto Rico, poco después de la guerra hispano-cubana-estadounidense. Este instrumento es un ejemplo del cuatro antiguo de cuatro cuerdas y con forma de ojo de cerradura. Este estilo de cuatro fue popular hasta inicios del siglo XX, pero fue reemplazado gradualmente por el cuatro aviolinado de cinco órdenes de cuerdas dobles (10 cuerdas) que continúa siendo el más común hoy. Este ejemplar parece haber tenido ocho cuerdas originalmente (cuatro órdenes de cuerdas dobles), un estilo común en la región sur de la isla. Tres tiples en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (E201482B, E201482C, E201482D) fueron recolectados en la misma expedición.
place: label: place made
content: Puerto Rico: Ponce, Ponce
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Cuatro Antiguo
topic: label: Subject
content: Latino music
label: Subject
content: Puerto Rican music
label: Subject
content: Música jíbara
label: Subject
content: Folk music
label: Subject
content: Spanish-American War
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
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content: Family & Social Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.201482a
label: accession number
content: 35201
label: catalog number
content: 201482a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cuatro
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (part: decorative ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gut (part: strings and frets material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79 cm x 23.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 31 3/32 in x 9 1/4 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: part: scale length: 51 cm; 20 3/32 in