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Stick zither

Instrument of wood and gourds. Strung on a bow, which goes around neck or waist to support it?. Wooden notes of ascending sizes tied with hide. Gourd sounders are cemented onto a board below the notes, again ascending in size. A small gourd was cememnted onto the end of each, but only 5 remain, one detached. The stick is covered in resin, with a circular head and wooden shaft which is decorated by small incised linesnear handle. Another stick is identical to this. Rings from the gourd resonators detached, registered separately as 11912, but now reunitd with the xylophone.

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