Ramkie

Ramkie [?rabequinha], primitive guitar of the Hottentot, Bushmen, and other S. African peoples, with wood or calabash body, belly of skin or other materials, and 3 or 4 strings. A plucked instr. known to have existed since the first half of the 18th c., presumably of Port. origin, it is now replaced by cheap European guitars (116, 185). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Kirby, Percival R. The Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa. London, 1934. Söderberg…