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One gadulka bow, Bulgaria, Arbanassi region, circa 1985, purchased with gadulka (E262.1) from a market stall in Arbanassi, Bulgaria on 8th June 1994. Outcurved bow made of a curved stick with integral frog. The horsehair string is tightly bound to the bow with cloth and thread.
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