Ecuadorian Chordophone (Lute): "Charango"
Collection: Spiritual Connections
Object Category: Music and Noisemakers
Object Type:
Country: Ecuador
Continent: South America
Geographic Region: South America
Materials:
The charango is a ten-string Andean instrument, a South American version of the European mandolin. Its curved sound box would have originally been crafted from the shell of an armadillo.
Source:
http://www.hobgoblin.com/info/glossary/