Güiro
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: A traditional <i>güiro</i> is made from gourd-like fruit of the <i>higüero</i> tree (<i>Crescentia cujete</i>) that is native to the region. This musical instrument, common throughout the Caribbean, takes on various forms and can be made from modern materials like metal or plastic. A musical instrument of Pre-Columbian origin, it is played by scraping the carved ridges with the tines of a special pick or scraper.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: El güiro tradicional se hace con la calabaza del higüero, <i>Crescentia cujete</i>, que es un árbol nativo de la región. Este instrumento musical, común a todo el Caribe, se presenta de distintas formas y materiales, como de metal o plástico. Sus orígenes se remontan a la época precolombina. Se ejecuta raspando las ranuras talladas con las puntas de un puyero o raspador.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: <i>Güiro</i>
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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: 1997.0097.1077
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1077
objectType: label: Object Name
content: güiro
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gourd (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40.7 cm x 10.2 cm x 10.3 cm; 16 in x 4 in x 4 1/16 in