321.312-71 Spike box lutes or spike guitars sounded by bowing with a bow

Rabab, spike fiddle. Oblong wooden box as resonator, covered with goatskin laced together at both sides. The bamboo neck bisects the resonator and projects as a spike on which the instrument rests. The horsehair string is attached to a piece of cloth secured to a string, which is tied to the wooden tuning peg.

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