Nares-jux

Nares-jux (Ostyak, musical wood) [Sum. nar, musician], lyre of the Ostyak of NW. Siberia, called *sangkultap among the Vogul, who also play it—the only surviving lyre in Asia. The rectangular body is made of a single block of hollowed wood, the back is almost flat, the soundboard is of spruce. The body comes to a point at the bottom and a hole is pierced laterally through this point; a string that acts as string holder is passed through it. The crossbar at the upper end is mortised into short…