Leave a Comment / By Aurelia Hartenberger / December 5, 2020 Owner: HWMC Catalog#: AF-IDST-6 Back to Balafons Back to Lobi Balafons Lobi "Gyil" - 10 Bar Balafon GhanaLobi Wood, calabash, rubber, fiberc. Mid 20th century The Gyil is the national instrument of the Lobi and Degara people of Burkina Faso, Ghana and the Ivory Coast.