Kemange? spiked fiddle with iron peg, 3 lateral pegs, membrane sounding board, body and neck heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. body retains the old coconut form
Large poly-globular gourd trumpet with lateral embouchure. 2 darl brown gourds in hour-glass shape. ringed with etched designs. Larger gourd open at bottom with black rim. Band around narrow juncture of the 2 gourds. Braided strap attached to band. Black protruding embouchure set in side of smaller gourd. Tapering black end attached to smaller gourd terminates with ivory ornament. Good condition - ivory end chipped and cracked, piece of strap detached.EtchedBraided
Light brown thick wood, slight bell-shape at end. 7 frontal and one dorsal stop. Cylindrical bore. Label glued on near mouth end with printing in Russian. Good condition. Length: 33 cm. Diam of bell: 8.4 cm.
Rectangular and trapezoidal, made of dark wood. 4 membrane covered resonating surfaces at rectangular end with movable bridge. 2 open sound holes in middle sound chamber (possibly with rosettes). Solid peg box attached to body with fired nut. Top inlaid with ivory, pearl and wood. Sides inlaid with wood. 72 pegs, half of which are missing. Poor condition. Wood cracked and broken, pegs missing, strings broken.