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

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

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