Catá, used by Mongo Santamaría
date: label: date made
content: 1980s
name: label: user
content: Santamaria, Ramon "Mongo"
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This catá or guagua was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, 1980s. It is a percussion instrument, traditionally made from a hollowed tree trunk. The percussionist hits the catá with wooden sticks or mallets producing a sound that is similar to claves. Previously used by Afro-Latin jazz percussionist Ramon "Mongo" Santamaría.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (1917–2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s. From the 1970s, he recorded mainly salsa and Latin jazz, before retiring in the late 1990s. Santamaria made several recordings as a leader of his own group, as well as a sideman with Fania All-Stars, Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, and Ray Charles.</p>
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nancy Santamaria
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0030.03
label: accession number
content: 2005.0030
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0030.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Percussion Instrument
label: Object Name
content: catá
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 7/16 in x 3 in; 36.67125 cm x 7.62 cm