Dhusir

Dhusir *spike fiddle of the Muria of Bastar, India, with body of a half coconut, lizard-skin belly, bamboo handle, and 2 horsehair strings attached to lateral pegs; held against the shoulder like a European instr. and played with a bamboo bow (68). Elwin, Verrier. The Muria and Their Ghotul. Bombay, 1947.