Genre: Rabab Darek
As an instrument, the rabab darek is a spike fiddle, like its Javanese counterpart. This means that a spike stretches from the base through the resonator and connects to the next. The rabab darek has a round, flatish wooden resonator body with an animal skin--probably goat--stretched over the resonator. The neck is a mix of wood and bamboo. There are two strings. On the instrument pictured here, purchased in 1999, they are from cotton. I am not sure if this has always been the case.