Tiple
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th-early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>tiple</i>, Puerto Rico's smallest string instrument, shows great regional variations in how it is strung and tuned. It and its jumbo version, the <i>bordonúa</i>, were often played to accompany religious songs. While the melodic <i>cuatro</i> has been embraced as a popular symbol of <i>puertorriqueñidad</i> (Puerto Ricanness), the <i>tiple</i> nearly disappeared in the 20th century.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: El tiple es el instrumento de cuerdas más pequeño de Puerto Rico, observándose un gran número de variaciones regionales respecto al modo en que se encorda y afina. El tiple y su versión gigante, el bordonúa, se tocaban a menudo para acompañar temas religiosos. Mientras que el cuatro melódico fue adoptado como símbolo popular de la puertorriqueñidad, el tiple prácticamente ha desaparecido en el siglo XX.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: <i>Tiple</i>
topic: label: Subject
content: Puerto Rican music
label: Subject
content: Música jíbara
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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: 1997.0097.1078
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1078
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tiple
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52.1 cm x 11.7 cm x 6.8 cm; 20 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in x 2 11/16 in