Guitar
Artist
Gregorio Medina (Wixárika)
Date2021 ca.
Place MadeParacho, Michoacán, Mexico, North America
Place MadeTepic (Colonia Zitakua), Nayarit, Mexico, North America
Place MadeJalisco, Mexico, North America
ModelValenciana; Spanish model decorated in Huichol beadwork
Serial No.None
SignedPrinted on polygonal paper label with ink in green, blue and black: GUITARRAS TIPO / "VALENCIANA" / CALIDAD / "ROCHIS" / PARACHO, MICHOACAN. MEXICO / INDEPENDENCIA # 265/A CUAUHTEMOC #34 / TEL. 01 (423) 5 25 06 58 TELFAX. 01 (423) 525 04 15 / GRACIAS POR COMPRAR / GUITARRA MEXICANADescriptionStringing: six Nylon stringsSoundboard: one-piece Mexican cypress plywood; top covered in wax into which white, yellow, orange, red, green, blue, indigo, maroon, gray, and black beads are set
Back: one-piece Mexican cypress plywood
Ribs: Mexican cypress (outside) and Spanish cedar plywood
Head: three part light hardwood with Spanish cedar in middle; two tuner roller slots; yellow, red, and black decorative foliate sticker between slots
Neck: three part light hardwood with Spanish cedar in middle
Heel cap: none
Binding: edges painted black
Fingerboard: Mexican cypress; 18 light metal frets; stars stamped in black ink behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 12th frets
Nut: white plastic
Bridge: light hardwood tie bridge; white plastic saddle
Pegs: two sets of brass and steel worm-gear machine heads with black plastic rollers, black-painted metal plates and white plastic heads
Endpin: none
Rosette: none
Finish: dark green-brown lacquer
Linings: medium red-brown hardwood veneer with grain oriented perpendicular to top and back; does not extend all the way to sides of neck block
Neck block: integral with neck; wider at top
End block: light hardwood
Top braces: softwood lateral braces above and below soundhole; seven softwood fan braces; angled hardwood grafts on each side of soundhole
Back braces: three softwood lateral bracesDimensionsTotal guitar length: 1007 mm (39-21/32″)
Back length: 485 mm (19-3/32″)
Upper bout width: 292 mm (11-1/2″)
Waist width: 238 mm (9-3/8″)
Lower bout width: 374 mm (14-23/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 92 mm (3-5/8″)
Rib height, at waist: 93 mm (3-21/32″)
Rib height, at end block: 96 mm (3-25/32″)
Head length: 194 mm (7-5/8″)
Head width, top: 76 mm (3″)
Head width, bottom: 70 mm (2-3/4″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 327 mm (12-7/8″)
Neck width, nut: 51 mm (2″)
Neck width, heel: 60 mm (2-3/8″)
Soundhole diameter: 86 mm (3-3/8″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 650 mm (25-19/32″)
Scale length: 654 mm (25-3/4″)ProvenanceAcquired via Milagros Mexican Folk Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of the Clayton & Odessa Lang Ofstad Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee, 2025
Object number15899
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