The n'vike (alternately novike, n'vique, nobike) is a bowed string instrument native to the indigenous Toba people of the Gran Chaco of South America.
[1] The monochord is placed atop a resonating body such as a calabaza gourd,[1] an armadillo shell, or a tin box with an opening in the top.
One day, a man who called himself the owner of the mountain gave him an instrument never seen before, the n'vike—in addition to introducing him to his daughter, with whom La'axaraxaik fell in love and married.
One night, his wife, finding him with other women, took the n'vike and threw it into the campfire, where the instrument burned creating a light that formed the morning star (Venus).
His melodies were so sad that they moved the owner of the forest, who then resorted to magic so the woman could listen to the music of her beloved, who then ran to meet her.