N’vike: musical instrument of Bolivia
The n’vike which can also be called novike is a bowed string musical instrument that has its origin from Toba people of the Gran Chaco of ...
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The n’vike which can also
be called novike is a bowed string musical instrument that has its origin from
Toba people of the Gran Chaco of South America. The word n’vike has no English
term but means the act of a jaguar sharpening his claws on a tree.
source of picture: blog.afropop.org
The novike is a
one-stringed acoustic instrument which is bowed with a string bow also called
“checne’c”. Originally it is known that the string is a product of the hairs on
the neck of a wild pig but was later replaced with the arrival of the Spanish
horse hair. The monochord is kept on top of a resounding body such as calabaza
gourd or a sheet of a tin with an opening in the top of the instrument.
