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A nyayaru , or chordophone, known colloquially as a Fula violin. It is composed of a gourd resonator and dark hair stretched over a bridge and up the wooden neck, that ends in a rattle. The gourd resonator is covered ...[more]

A nyayaru , or chordophone, known colloquially as a Fula violin. It is composed of a gourd resonator and dark hair stretched over a bridge and up the wooden neck, that ends in a rattle. The gourd resonator is covered in scaled skin, probably snake, and decorated with a burnt design. Is it played with a bow.

A nyayaru , or chordophone, known colloquially as a Fula violin. It is composed of a gourd resonator and dark hair stretched over a bridge and up the wooden neck, that ends in a rattle. The gourd resonator is covered in scaled skin, probably snake, and decorated with a burnt design. Is it played with a bow. [less]