An elongated bowl with longitudinal walls arched over the opening and a bowl base that rises gently towards the narrow sides. There [are] seven V-shaped string-guide slots. The string string [is] only preserved in fragments. [Is] tied to a crossbar made from a plant stalk above a corner perforation in the base of the bowl. The bars inserted with their ends into small depressions in the rim are missing. [There are] triangular patterns burnt in rows on the outside of the long sides of the bowl. [There are] four rows of burnt-in perforations arranged across the width of the base of the bowl. A total of fourteen openings. Black-fired narrow rims. Inscription on the outside of the bowl: "F. L./bought for 50 beads on 15/9/93." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)