Puyero de Güiro: Museum Object and Cultural History
Puyero de Güiro: Date made: 20th century. Object Name: pick/ puyero de güiro. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Known as a puyero or raspador, the pick or scraper used to play the güiro makes rhythmic patterns with combinations of downstrokes and upstrokes.
Conocida también como púa o raspador, el puyero que se utiliza para tocar el güiro produce patrones rítmicos que se logran combinando golpes hacia arriba y hacia abajo.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 20th century
- Object Name: pick/ puyero de güiro
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: paint (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 44.1 cm x 14.6 cm x 1.6 cm; 17 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 5/8 in
- Place Made: Puerto Rico
- ID Number: 1997.0097.1093
- accession number: 1997.0097
- catalog number: 1997.0097.1093
- Credit Line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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