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Guitar (?), musical instrument made of half a calabash covered with skin, tightened by three sticks and fixed on with brass nails. Bridge of peculiar construction, serrated on each edge, on the teeth of which the strings rest, the upper end of each being fastened to a leather band passing over the staff. Around the staff is fastened a 'Mahometan' fetish.
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