Puyero de Güiro
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Known as a <i>puyero</i> or <i>raspador</i>, the pick or scraper used to play the <i>güiro</i> makes rhythmic patterns with combinations of downstrokes and upstrokes.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Conocida también como púa o raspador, el puyero que se utiliza para tocar el güiro produce patrones rítmicos que se logran combinando golpes hacia arriba y hacia abajo.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: <i>Güiro</i> Pick
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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: 1997.0097.1093
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pick/ puyero de güiro
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44.1 cm x 14.6 cm x 1.6 cm; 17 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 5/8 in