Musical Rasp "Wis Guira"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jun 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Col. Paul E. Beckwith
label: Donor Name
content: Col. Paul E. Beckwith
notes: label: Notes
content: MUSICAL RASP MADE FROM THE GOURD CRESENTIA CUJETE; GOURD IS INCISED WITH FINE PARALLEL NOTCHES ALONG CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AND PLAYED WITH THREE-PRONGED PICK. SPECIMEN APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET LONG WITH SHARPLY CURLED STEM WHICH SERVES AS NATURAL HANDLE. DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON IN PUERTO RICO TRADITIONAL MUSIC IS PARTICULARLY ESTEEMED. CAROLERS PLAY GOURD AND TIN RASPS ALONG WITH GUITARS AND ACCORDIANS AS THEY MOVE FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. FROM CARD: "LOANED TO RENWICK 8/19/81. RETURNED 1983. ILLUS.: P.77, PL. 54A, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982. GOURD RASP WITH SCRAPER (WIS-GUIRO), CA. 1850, GOURD, WOOD, METAL WIRE, COTTON STRING. 14 5/16 X 24 1/2 X 2 1/2 (36.4 X 62.2 X 6.3). "
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Caguas, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 035201
label: USNM Number
content: E201483A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rasp / Scraper