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Tungna, the Tibetan guitar

Quick Overview

Tungna is finely carved wooden simple musical instrument comes from its goatskin cover. It has commonly four strings that were initially made of the gut of sheep but now replaced by nylon. The number of strings may even extend to six as well. The vibrations create a warm atmosphere of communal bonhomie while playing. The origin of Tungna spans across the hills of northern India, Nepal and Bhutan and also traced to Tibet. This musical instrument is considered as the symbol of the Padma Sambhava, the musically enlightened Buddhist monk.

Creation Nepal offers this unique musical instrument at reasonable price. The approximate length is 36 inch. The actual weight is approx. 1500 grams but the weight mentioned below is used for the volume-based shipping. Since the product is entirely hand made, slight variation in given measurement is always expected.
$130.45