Obokano
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The obokano is a large bass bowl lyre
from Kenya
. It is used by the Gusii ethnic group.
The instrument is made from a skin of a cow or goat a bowl like structure curved out of a wood stump. It consists of 8 strings that are adjusted/tightened differently to produce different tones.
Lyre
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later. The word comes from the Greek "λύρα" and the earliest reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek ru-ra-ta-e, meaning "lyrists", written in Linear B syllabic script...
from Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. It is used by the Gusii ethnic group.
The instrument is made from a skin of a cow or goat a bowl like structure curved out of a wood stump. It consists of 8 strings that are adjusted/tightened differently to produce different tones.