Uganda
Ugandan

Wood, bamboo, goat skin, horsehair, fiber
ca. Mid-Late 20th century
Length: 20.25 in, Diameter of resonator: 4.25 in, Depth: 4.5 in
Chordophone – Lute – Spiked

The endingidi is a bowed single string spike fiddle with a cylindrical bamboo (tube) sound box that comes from Uganda. One of the opened ends is covered by a piece of stretched hide that is fixed with handmade nails. The neck consists of a straight wooden stick inserted through the thick bamboo (tube) sound box. The horsehair is attached at the top where there is a single wooden peg in the neck, and at the other end of the stick with braided fiber rope that is navy and white. 

The player holds the neck of the instrument in the palm of their left hand so they can dampen the string with their index, second and ring fingers.  It is held so that the open end of the  (tube) sound box is against the body and the right hand is used to bow the string.  The endingidi is played only by men and was originally used in ritual music and at weddings.