Classical Grand Concert Renaissance Museum Dreamcatcher
Manufacturer / Maker
Pimentel & Sons
Date2014
MediumEast Indian rosewood, spruce, ebony, coral, silver, abalone, mother-of-pearl, turquoise, dyes, bronze, steel, nylon, glue, wood
Dimensions5 × 39 1/2 × 15 in. (12.7 × 100.3 × 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsMusical Instruments
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Pimentel & Sons in memory of Lorenzo and Agustín Pimentel and in honor of their mother Josefina Pimentel, and museum purchase, Trust and Agency Fund
Object numberPC2014.10.1
DescriptionA cutaway guitar handmade by the Pimentel family with custom inlay work including some of Albuquerque's iconography such as a hot air balloon, the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande, as well as traditional elements such as a sun symbol. The soundhole design is also based on a Renaissance Mandela, which is described as visually similar to a Native dreamcatcher, which is why the instrument was named a "Renaissance Museum Dreamcatcher." There is also a small inlay depiction of a typical Pueblo building with the full moon in the background at the back of the neck.On View
On view
ca. 1990
