The instrument has a cylindrical, hollow resonance box, made of bamboo. The soundboard is made of boa skin. The neck is a sort of stick that goes across the cylindrical resonance box. On the upper end of the neck, there are two tuning pegs, a nut made of pita (braid made of the leaves of the American aloe plant). The strings follow the tuning pegs and pass above a very small bridge. The instrument has two strings made of boa gut. These strings are tuned in fifths. In order to play, the musician rests the instrument on the left leg and plays the strings with a bow, passing the horsehair on the back part of the strings, the left hand performs the fingering. The Museum’s specimen does not have a bow, nor a nut or bridge. The resonance box, tuning pegs and soundboard are slightly damaged.