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Or the Chinese Violin was a piece of bamboo which forms the stick; at the heel this bamboo is pierced with a hole through which passed a mesh of hair secured by a knot; in this way the stick is curved, whence its name, a bow.

Ravanastron

Or the Chinese Violin was a piece of bamboo which forms the stick; at the heel this bamboo is pierced…

An Indian stringed instrument played with a bow, used by some pilgrims.

Ravanastron

An Indian stringed instrument played with a bow, used by some pilgrims.