Only one elongated half of the calabash and a padded ring made of strips of cloth wrapped with string have survived. There is a perforation at the apex of the calabash dome. Music bow with gourd shell as soundboard, TONO; incomplete. 3 notes: 1) the short string piece, 2) the long string piece, 3) the latter shortened by pressing the middle finger of the left hand holding the bow against it. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)