Ģīga

The ģīga or divstīdzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia.

The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon (Latvian: vienstīdzis or manihorka), a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing.

From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who sometimes added a second string for harmony.

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Postage stamp showing Latvian traditional instruments, amongst those the ģīga (2nd instrument from top)