Bordonua
date: label: Date made
content: 1999
label: Date made
content: 1999-2000
name: label: maker
content: Avilés Vázquez, Rafael
notes: label: Description
content: This is the bass of the Jibaro Orchestra. It is a large six double stringed instrument. It is known for its unique quivering tone and it was sometime known as the "Weeping Bordonua." The instrument almost disappeared until the 1950's when Puerto Rican folklorist Francisco Lopez Cruz began to teach its technique again. Very few luthiers have the expertise to make this instrument.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Puerto Rico
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0014.01
label: accession number
content: 2001.0014
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0014.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bordonua
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: back, sides, neck material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: machine tuners material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: yagrumo (part: soundboard material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 15 in x 5 in; 101.6 cm x 38.1 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: scale length: 24 1/2 in; 62.23 cm