jeli ngɔni (West African four-stringed grigot lute)
~ String instrument
Description
Four-stringed banjo-like lute from West Africa, traditionally played by griots. Made of hollowed out wood with an animal hide as membrane.
Relationships
| from: | Guinea Mali Niger |
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| type of: | lute family ngɔni (West African gourd-lute) |
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| derivations: | banjo |
| related instruments: | gumbri (3-stringed plucked bass-lute) |
| related instruments: | xalam |
| picture: | https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/ngoni/ngoni.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q105273680 [info] |
