Ethnographic atlas of Cuba

Harrow: Tilling implement formed by a wooden frame with wooden or iron teeth. In industrially manufactured harrows, the frame and the teeth are almost always made of metal. There are square, rectangular, triangular, pyramidal and round harrows and are used to pick up the branches and grasses the plow uproots, break clods and loosen the earth, thus improving the work done with the plow. Plank harrows are typologically harrows, but have no teeth. They are made with one or more trunks, with or without a beam, with thick branches in the form of a V and transversal poles or poles intertwined with strong twigs. They are used to level and flatten the land. That is why they are commonly called flat harrows.

Hacienda (Ranch): Its origin is to be found in the primitive gifts of land handed by the cabildos on behalf of the Spanish Crown. They were large tracts of land for the extensive breeding of cattle with few farmhands. Facilities for cattle and a few houses for the farmhand were located in a place called asiento (seat). Because of the occasional and migrating nature of their inhabitants, these small population nuclei must have had very little stability.

Hammock: Net, heavy material, canvas or jute hung for sleeping or used for transporting the sick in mountains and places of difficult access. In this case a pole is used and the hammock is tied to it. Two or more persons carry it, according to the weight of the person to be transported and the distance to cover.

Horquilla: Type of lace, made in a similar way to the minardi. It is made with a hook with the same name.

Hunguedé (or jungueddé): Name of the second drum of the Jovellanos Arará drums. It has a single membrane, is cylindrical and is stretched with stakes.

Hutia: A rodent abundant in the island (Capromys spp.)