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NANGA

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 161 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NANGA  , the most

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primitive form of the ancient
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Egyptian harp . The nanga consisted of a boat-shaped or vaulted
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body of wood, the back of which was divided down the centre by a sound bar built into the back; on this bar was fixed a cylindrical stick round which one end of the strings .was wound, the soundboard or
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parchment being stretched over the back without interfering with the stick . The other end of the strings was fastened to pegs set in the side of a curved neck, so that the strings did not lie directly over the soundboard . There were but 3 or 4 strings, one note only being obtained from each . Some of these nangas are to be seen at the
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British Museum .

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