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Sigitot

Sigitot *spike fiddle of the Sea Dayak of Borneo, with coconut body, palm-leaf belly, bamboo handle, and one fiber string that passes from a spike to a frontal tuning peg, via a bridge. The back is pierced with several small soundholes. It is played with a bamboo bow (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.

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