The body of the instrument is a green and white flamed enamelled bowl. Skin strap tensioning the membrane against a tensioning ring of twisted plant material resting on the underside of the bowl. Long arms diverging towards the crosspiece and resting with their lower ends in the beak-shaped spout of the bowl. Five very finely twisted string cords. Ball rings that bind the strings together with strings twisted from thick strips of cloth. The lower tailpiece is a loop of skin strap extending from the tension ring to the top, with the string ends knotted into the spout. Two large, round openings cut into the membrane. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)