Puyero de Güiro
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: In Puerto Rico, the <i>güiro</i> provides an essential rhythmic element in genres as distinct as the street-oriented <i>plena</i>, and the salon-oriented <i>danza</i>. This unusual <i>güiro</i> pick is in the shape of a human head.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: En Puerto Rico, el güiro aporta un elemento rítmico esencial a géneros tan distintos como la plena, de orientación callejera, y la danza, más de salón. El singular puyero de este güiro tiene la forma de una cabeza.
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: 1997.0097.1097
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pick, puyero de güiro
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.6 cm x 6.3 cm x 1.2 cm; 10 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1/2 in