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Tapoura or rabbaba

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Description

This is a Tapoura or Rabbaba. It is made from wood, with the skin stretched across the wood resonator. It has 5 strings, each protected with whitish material wrapped round where the strings join the top of wooden frame. The top of the yoke is decorated with four strands of light-blue beads and feathers.

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