<i>Maracas</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Ramos, Ismael
notes: label: Description
content: This variety of <i>maracas</i>, made of cow leather and sinew, is used in musical genres like <i>guaracha</i>, <i>son</i>, and <i>salsa</i>. They are of different sizes, so that one is pitched higher and the other, lower. In contrast, the Afro-Puerto Rican musical tradition known as <i>bomba</i> uses a larger, single <i>maraca</i> in its performances.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta variedad de maracas, confeccionadas con cuero y tendón de vaca, se utiliza en la interpretación de géneros como la guaracha, el son y la salsa. Tienen distintos tamaños, de modo que una produce sonidos más agudos y la otra más graves. En contraste, para la interpretación de la música de tradición afro-puertorriqueña conocida como bomba se utiliza una sola maraca más grande.
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Bayamón
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Maracas
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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: 1997.0097.1098
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: maracas, pair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.1 cm x 8.1 cm x 7.7 cm; 11 7/16 in x 3 3/16 in x 3 1/16 in