Spike fiddle ENDINGIDI with tubular body made of candelabra euphorbia (NKUKULU) and smoothed with leaves of LUAWU tree. Soundtable made of the skin of blue duiker from Mbira Forest (between Kampala and Jinja). The neck is surmounted by a length of goat hair. The tuning peg for the single sisal string, and the bow stick are of the shrub KEYEYO. The small bow is outcurved.
All notes regarding the materials were provided by the donor, Valerie Vowles in a letter dated 9 March 1999.
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