The body is a spherical calabash, cut on both sides, with a square opening at the top covered with a pegged membrane of mammal skin. A round perforation at the bottom. A piece of branch, angled upwards at its free tip, penetrates the calabash wall at two points covered by overlapping parts of the membrane. A string of twisted plant material. Dotted patterns on the calabash surface (including plant motifs and characters). "In addition a small bow." from Ulrich Wegner: African stringed instruments, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)