Lyre-like instrument. Wood bowl sound chamber covered with snake or lizard skin. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are three strings are wound around along with goat hair and strings of multi-coloured beads. (Something loose is inside the sound chamber.)

Carved rounded oval wooden sound chamber covered with snakeskin and secured by twisted goatskin strings. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are four strings are wound around.

Flaring, vase-shaped hand drum with a clay stand and a glazed snakeskin head bound with rattan. Bands of wavy designs are combed into the stand around the top and bottom.

Stringed musical instrument with a cylindrical sound barrel, wide neck and curved head. Three metal strings, tied around rod extending from bottom of sound barrel, connect to three tuning pegs at head. Pink-purple snakeskin covers head of barrel; secured with nails. Base of barrel has a ring of teardrop-shaped holes around central circular hole; two tiered rows of carved triangles decorate edges. Tuning pegs have cylindrical bodies, pointed tips and the bases taper towards a circular base. Pick and bridge top are attached to instrument by a cord. Shoe lace tied between tuning pegs and around rod at the base, to use as a carrying strap.

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