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  • Bow lute of the Teke people in Central Africa, the Congo's and Gabon. Five fibre strings are mounted almost perpendicular to a large sound box, on which geometrical decorations are engraved and burned. A buzzing effect is produced by metal jingles on the string-bearers

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Entry terms

  • Ngouémé
  • Ngoumi
  • Ngouomi
  • Ngouon

Created

  • 2017-08-30

Editorial note

  • to be translated (fr)

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/8330

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