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Vintage Ugandan Endongo (Lyre)

$149.99

Ships for $18.5

Posted about 5 hours ago in Portland, OR

Condition: Used (normal wear)

Listed in categories: Toys, Games, & Hobbies - Musical instruments - Stringed instruments

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This is a vintage Endongo, also known as a Ndongo or Entongoli, which is a type of lyre from Uganda, East Africa, and is considered the national instrument of the Baganda people of Uganda The instrument features a bowl-shaped wooden soundbox covered with animal skin, often from a monitor lizard, has strings that extend from the soundbox to a crossbar (yoke) supported by two arms, and is decorated with cowrie shells. This particular Endongo was made approximately during the 1980s and intended to serve as a beautiful tourist display piece. DIMENSIONS: 19" L x 12.75" W x 4" D

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