Pluriarc

Valga, pluriarc or bow lute, with a string-bearer for each string. . The resonator is a bottle-shaped box, with a soundboard attached by means of wooden pegs and round-headed brass nails. The walls of the resonator are decorated with incised rectangular designs and a stripe of white pigment. A pattern in white and red is painted on the soundboard. The five bows are bound together with basket-work and the resulting neck shows signs of having been covered with mud. The tops of the sticks are notched to carry the strings. The slots are reinforced with a binding of fibre. The strings pass through the oval hole in the soundboard, and are secured in place by ancilliary wire strings. The bridge is a replacement.