Bow for Joze (spike fiddle). Outcurved bow of sheeshim wood with nylon strings
Mohammed Fadhel Husseini advised MB that the instrument was 'tuned like a violin'.
(in October 1987 MB saw European violin bows only being used for the jowzé by both professionals and amateurs - the bow with this instrument may therefore be an anachronism).
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