Ennanga

This instrument was collected in the field by Christopher Powell-Cotton, and is associated with a "Dama tribe" (Padhola?). It is an arched harp made with a boat-shaped wooden resonator covered with animal skin stretched on the top (soundtable) and bottom, laced/stitched with hide. The soundtable has a small soundhole. The angled neck is made of wood and it rests on the bottom of the resonator bowl, piercing the soundtable. An iron alloy large screw was used as neck/skin holder. It has eight wooden tuning pegs and strings made of vegetable fibers. The strings also pierce the soundtable and are attached to a strip of wood (stringholder) that passes along the length of the bowl and projects at each end.