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ngɔni</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>West African calabash lute-harp</bdi>)</span></h1><p class="subheader"><span class="prefix">~</span> String instrument</p></div><div class="tabs"><ul class="tabs"><li class="sel"><span class="name-variation"><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12" title="donso ngɔni"><bdi>Overview</bdi></a></span></li><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/artists"><bdi>Artists</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/releases"><bdi>Releases</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/recordings"><bdi>Recordings</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/aliases"><bdi>Aliases</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/tags"><bdi>Tags</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/details"><bdi>Details</bdi></a></li></ul></div><h2>Description</h2><p>Six-stringed lute-harp from Wassoulou, West Africa. Traditionally played by hunters, its resonator box is made of calabash covered by animal skin.</p><script type="application/json">{"annotation":{"changelog":null,"text":null,"id":876320,"editor":{"avatar":"","deleted":false,"entityType":"editor","id":38393,"name":"ApeKattQuest, MonkeyPython","privileges":9},"creation_date":"2021-02-02T11:52:49Z","html":"","parent":null,"editsPending":false},"collapse":true,"entity":{"entityType":"instrument","gid":"463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12","latest_annotation":{"changelog":null,"text":null,"id":876320,"editor":{"avatar":"","deleted":false,"entityType":"editor","id":38393,"name":"ApeKattQuest, MonkeyPython","privileges":9},"creation_date":"2021-02-02T11:52:49Z","html":"","parent":null,"editsPending":false}},"numberOfRevisions":2}</script><div class="annotation"></div><script type="application/json">{"cachedWikipediaExtract":null,"entity":{"entityType":"instrument","gid":"463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12"}}</script><div class="wikipedia-extract"></div><h2 class="relationships">Relationships</h2><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>from:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="flag flag-GN"><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/a58af0f8-b238-3da2-a57b-4aa0ff4ab574"><bdi>Guinea</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="flag flag-ML"><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/c35e6d5e-9011-32e5-a23f-9e7639b7350c"><bdi>Mali</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="flag flag-NE"><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/f27e792b-ddd2-3a70-bdd4-41fb11534b57"><bdi>Niger</bdi></a></span><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>used in:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="genrelink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/genre/fa2ed862-06f3-4aec-a214-91359b9c15a6"><bdi>wassoulou</bdi></a><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>type of:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="instrumentlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/instrument/1a28f232-38ee-4293-9f4c-e0daed92b926"><bdi>lute family</bdi></a><br/><span class="instrumentlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/instrument/e5951e63-3d8b-4945-8026-cadb726d4ac8"><bdi>ngɔni</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>West African gourd-lute</bdi>)</span><br/></td></tr><tr><th>derivations:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="instrumentlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/instrument/68a64027-1bc3-4057-bd51-165697322aca"><bdi>kamale ngɔni</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>Modern ngoni made of calabash with more strings</bdi>)</span><br/></td></tr><tr><th>related instruments:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="instrumentlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/instrument/32de8d17-6ea8-4c46-8c95-c02b77883c50"><bdi>kora</bdi></a><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>picture:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/ngoni/ngoni_donso.png"><bdi>https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/ngoni/ngoni_donso.png</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/31e7273d-40f9-4a0b-89e9-cef35446a99c">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Wikidata:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197997"><bdi>Q2197997</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/cc33cf93-8945-40d9-8088-e4e6f84d5b6c">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>information page:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="http://www.ngoni.org/info"><bdi>http://www.ngoni.org/info</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/5d785424-6d0b-48f2-93d2-6cda2a0ef142">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>other databases:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_donso-ngoni.html"><bdi>https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_donso-ngoni.html</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/688c59bd-2a68-453b-8244-c1a63cc664d8">info</a>]<br/></td></tr></tbody></table><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/instrument/index-bb561d3.js" async=""></script></div><div id="sidebar"><script type="application/json">{"cachedImage":null,"entity":{"entityType":"instrument","gid":"463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12"}}</script><div class="commons-image"></div><div class="picture"><img src="https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/ngoni/ngoni_donso.png"/><br/><span class="picture-note">IROMBOOK image/IROMBOOKのイラスト</span></div><h2 class="instrument-information">Instrument information</h2><dl class="properties"><dt>Type:</dt><dd class="type">String instrument</dd></dl><div id="sidebar-tags"><h2>Tags</h2><h3>Genres</h3><div class="genre-list"><p><a href="/tag/wassoulou">wassoulou</a></p></div><h3>Other tags</h3><div id="sidebar-tag-list"><p><a href="/tag/calabash">calabash</a>, <a href="/tag/ceremonial">ceremonial</a>, <a href="/tag/hunter">hunter</a>, <a href="/tag/hunter's%20harp">hunter's harp</a>, <a href="/tag/lute-harp">lute-harp</a></p></div><p><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/tags"><bdi>See all tags</bdi></a></p></div><h2 class="external-links">External links</h2><ul class="external_links"><li class="gakki-favicon"><a href="https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_donso-ngoni.html">IROMBOOK 私家版楽器事典</a></li><li class="wikidata-favicon"><a href="//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197997">Wikidata: Q2197997</a></li></ul><h2 class="editing">Editing</h2><ul class="links"><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/open_edits"><bdi>Open edits</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/instrument/463262da-3f12-4175-a78b-f0183946ac12/edits"><bdi>Editing history</bdi></a></li></ul><h2 class="collections">Collections</h2><ul class="links"><li><a 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