(Fr.: vièle à pique; Ger.: Spiessgeige), fiddle with a round handle that pierces the body and projects at the lower end, forming a cello-like spike. The earliest fiddles seem to have been spike fiddles: Al Farabi mentions spikes in the 10th c. Traditionally of Kurdistan origin, spike fiddles are found in Egypt and Asia today. See also: amrita, amz'ad, arababu, arbab, arnaba, asmari, bēhālā, cai ñi, cai tam, chanuri, cherewata, dhusir, endingidi, enkerbap, erh hsien, erh hu, garadap, geso-gesogeso-geso...