Avilés Vázquez Cuatro
date: label: date made
content: 1999-2000
name: label: maker
content: Avilés Vázquez, Rafael
notes: label: Description
content: This cuatro was made by Rafael Aviles Vazquez in Puerto Rico in 1999-2000. A type of plucked 10-string instrument (5 courses, double-strung), it is now ubiquitous in most groups playing any kind of Puerto Rican music. It is used in the manner of a first guitar: to play melodies and to “floretear” or accompany singing. The instrument is used today in salsa orchestras and plena music groups and is, of course, the king of Puerto Rican country music.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Puerto Rico
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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: Artifact Walls exhibit
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0014.02
label: accession number
content: 2001.0014
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0014.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cuatro
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (strings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 85.5 cm x 28.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 33 11/16 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: part: scale length: 51.5 cm; 20 9/32 in