The horsehead fiddle is a stringed instrument of the Mongolian group, named for the horse head carved at the top of the neck.

The horsehead fiddle is a stringed instrument of the Mongolian group, named for the horse head carved at the top of the neck. The neck and soundbox are mostly made of wood or leather, while the ...

The instrument's hollow trapezoid-shaped body is attached to a long fretless neck bearing a carved horse head at its extremity. Just below the head, two tuning pegs jut out like ears from either side ...