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Lyre
Lyre; framework is a triangle of three sticks. Sound box is of wood, with a membrane of lizard skin. There are eight gut strings fastened to a wooden bar at the base of the sound box and wrapped around the top bar of the frame. There is a suspension loop of tape. The lizard is that of the Monitor lizard (Veranbus species). The skin used is from the belly.
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