The body of the instrument is a box with a rectangular opening outline and a slightly rounded base. A membrane skin completely enclosing the resonator and sewn together on the back of the body in several seams with skin straps. Longitudinal arms diverging only slightly towards the crossbar. Tangle rings that bind the upper string ends together with old string material. The lower string ends are passed through a membrane perforation and a wall perforation near the lower body wall and bound to a crosspiece on the outside. A flattened plant stalk is the remnant of a top support. A small, round membrane opening to the left and right of the string tension. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)