Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum: Gunibry, or Moorish Guitar, 1870. 'The gunibry, a rudely-constructed thing, is made of half a pumpkin, covered with sheepskin, and furnished with two catgut strings, to be played with a split quill. [It is played by] Arab musicians]'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.

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