Masonquo

Masonquo *bowl lyre of Ethiopia, with circular, hollow body, leather belly, and symmetrical arms united at the top by a crossbar. The 6 strings are stretched over a bridge and secured by tuning rings. The left hand stops the strings as required, while the right hand plucks all 6 strings at once. Said in Ethiopia to have been the harp of King David. Called kirar or kidrar in Shoa Province (45). Courlander, Harold. “Notes from an Abyssinian Diary,” in Musical Quarterly, Vol. 30. New York, July…