Maracas
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This pair of <i>maracas</i> is made from the dried, gourd-like fruit of the calabash or <i>higüero</i> tree. Their construction and the painted words "Puerto Rico" indicate that they were produced as souvenirs or emblems of national identity rather than as functional musical instruments.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Este par de maracas está hecho del fruto seco, en forma de calabaza, del higüero. Su construcción, así como las palabras pintadas "Puerto Rico", indican que se confeccionaron como recuerdos o emblemas de identidad nacional, más que con el fin de ejecutarse como instrumentos musicales.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: <i>Maracas</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: 1997.0097.1084
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: maracas, pair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gourd (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.2 cm x 10.6 cm x 10.6 cm; 9 15/16 in x 4 3/16 in x 4 3/16 in