Nkungu

Nkungu *musical bow of Angola, with fiber string, tuning loop, and gourd resonator. The player holds it vertically in his left hand, with the gourd resting on his left hip, and strikes the string with a small stick. Cf. nkango (17, 185). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Balfour, Henry. The Natural History of the Musical Bow. Oxford, 1899. Söderberg, Bertil. Les Instruments de musique du Bas-Congo et dans les régions avoisinantes. Stockholm, 1956.