El Caminero was built by Manuel Rodríguez e Hijos in Madrid in 2002, with Madagascar rosewood back and sides Dalbergia baronii, listed under CITES Appendix II following international concern about illegal logging. The restriction came after this instrument was built. Its CITES documentation is maintained in the collection archive. The tonewoods cannot be sourced for new production under current restrictions.
Madagascar rosewood was restricted under CITES following documented illegal logging concerns. Instruments built before the restriction, with maintained documentation, carry a provenance dimension that new production cannot replicate. El Caminero's documentation is the record. The road-walker carries its papers.
El Caminero crosses school boundaries - a Valencia-built instrument in the Manuel Rodríguez e Hijos workshop tradition, with restricted-species tonewoods that add an independent provenance dimension. The CITES documentation is maintained under collection archival standard. The full lineage context is covered in the ANICETO University curriculum.
| Instrument Name | El Caminero · The Road-Walker |
| Maker | Manuel Rodríguez e Hijos · Valencia |
| Year | 2002 · Model E Rio Madagascar 2052 |
| Type | Flamenca Negra |
| Top | Spruce |
| Back & Sides | Madagascar Rosewood · Dalbergia baronii · CITES Appendix II |
| CITES | Documentation maintained · Pre-restriction acquisition |
| Collection Role | CITES documentation instrument |
| Acquired | 2025–2026 |
Label confirmed. The instrument has been professionally inspected and conserved to museum standard, with all interventions fully reversible. Its structural and provenance record is maintained privately under museum archival standard.
El Caminero carries the warm, resonant voice Madagascar rosewood produces at this construction level. Manuel Rodríguez e Hijos built for the professional flamenco market in Madrid for decades. This instrument was built before the restriction, documented before the restriction, and preserved through it. That sequence is now part of what it is.
The story of this guitar is in the curriculum.
CITES restrictions and their significance for guitar provenance, tonewoods, and collection documentation is covered in the ANICETO University curriculum.
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