Eight reed stems of equal length. At the ends [are] united into a raft by two thin wooden pegs driven through them crosswise and by string material that binds four reeds together in a pair of double loops. The string, made of twisted animal tissue, wraps around the instrument four times along its length, held between the bars by the transverse pegs. ". . made from 8 reed stalks ('mawanga'). . . Wakonde (Ngana)." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)