Wood, coconut shell, twine, bamboo, nylong strings

Lute

Spike Fiddle - two strings w/Bow

Northern/Eastern Africa
Unknown

Wood, coconut shell, twine, bamboo, nylong strings
20th century

Height: 31 inches
Chordophone - Spike Lute - Bowed

Two-string fiddle (lute) with tooled neck and bottom spoke (foot). Resonator is a carved coconut shell covered by a membrane. It is played with a straight bow similar to the modern violin bow. Possibly a Arab or Persian "kamanja"

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Catalog#: AF-CHLT-7-60