Arched harp; nanga

Nanga, arched harp with five strings. The waisted wooden resonator has a rounded back. The curved neck is attached within the wall of the body. The body and the lower part of the neck are covered by a piece of hide that is stitched together to form a tight-fitting cover as well as a soundtable. There are two small soundholes. There is a scratched pattern within a rectangle on the left-hand side of the membrane. The end of each string is wound round the neck, passes over the peg and then runs through the skin soundtable to a string holder of wood that travels the length of the body. The five pegs are crudely cut with cylindrical heads. The neck terminates in a finial carved into the shape of a bearded male face with facial scars and a headdress with two horns. A stout cord handle is knotted through the neck just above the sleeve.