Cimboa

The cimboa (Portuguese pronunciation: [sĩˈboɐ]), also known as the cimbó [sĩˈbɔ], is a musical instrument from Cape Verde.

The instrument belongs to the lute family, and so it possesses a neck attached to a sound box.

The sound box[3] is made of a calebash, or when it is hard to find, with a coconut shell, with a soundboard of stretched kid skin, fixed with reed pieces.

The bow is made of a curved wood (called barnelo in Cape Verde) piece and strung with horse mane.

Sound is produced by rubbing the bow on the instrument's string, also made of horse mane.

Cimboa musical instrument