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Tsula

Tsula stopped, end-blown pipe of the Pedi doctors of S. Africa, made of the leg bone of an eagle or wildcat. The pipe is enclosed in a casing of leguan (lizard) and is suspended from its owner's neck; 12–13 cm. (5 in.) long (116). Kirby, Percival R. The Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa. London, 1934.

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