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Soku

This soku is a bowed spike fiddle is made from wood, decorated with leather strips and studs. The resonator is covered with skin and the strings are of horse-hair. The bow is curved, with horse-hair strings.

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  • Decorative elements:Decorated with leather strips and studs.
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.311 Spike bowl lutes
  • Repository:University of Aberdeen Museums
  • Measurements:L. 550; B. 200