kudyapi
The kudyapi boat-lute used by the Palawan tribe looks very
similar to the sundatang from Borneo.
Like all other boat-lutes, the entire body and neck is carved
from one piece of (hard)wood, with the resonator chamber
carved from the back, and covered with a separate thin
wooden board (sometimes with some soundholes in it). The
body shape is bulging on both sides, with a straight top and
bottom. The front and back are flat. The length of the
instrument can be from about 1 to far over 2 meters.
The bridge (which is also the stringholder) is a (carved)
raised block of wood on the front. The two metal strings are
tuned with two (carved) tuning pegs on each side of the
pegbox. The tuning head ends in a flat half moon shape.