Shotang

Shotang *angular harp of the Ostyak of the U.S.S.R., similar to those of ancient Egypt and Further India, made occasionally ally with a pillar. The resonator, ca. 1 m. (40 in.) long, continues in a swan's neck and often terminates in a carved bird's head. The metal strings, 6–10 in number, are fastened by turnable wooden pegs. Cf. torop-jux (144). Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Kassel and Basel, 1949.