Spike fiddle. One stringed fiddle, gourd resonator, covered with lizard skin. Round sound hole. Wooden neck, going through the resonator. Horse-hair string, fastened to neck by a leather wrapping. Cotton carrying cord..
321.311-71 Spike bowl lutes sounded by bowing with a bow
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