<i>Güiro</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: A traditional instrument of the Taínos, the unusual <i>güiro</i> is made from the seed pod of the native <i>flamboyán</I>, also know as the flame tree. It is played by scraping the carved ridges with the tines of a special pick or scraper.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Instrumento tradicional de los Taínos, habitantes originales de Puerto Rico. El güiro se hace con el fruto del higüero, <i>Crescentia cujete</i>, que es un árbol nativo de la región. Se ejecuta pasando un puyero o raspador contra las ranuras talladas en el frente.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Güiro
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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: 1997.0097.1074
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1074
objectType: label: Object Name
content: güiro
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gourd (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.7 cm x 9 cm x 7.7 cm; 10 7/8 in x 3 9/16 in x 3 1/16 in