tautirut

Also known as tautiruut, Eskimo fiddle

thumb|"Eskimo violin" from Hudson bay area. The tautirut (Inuktitut syllabics: or tautiruut, also known as the Eskimo fiddle) is a bowed zither native to the Inuit culture of Canada.

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Subclass of: bowed string instrument
Image: Eskimo fiddle Turner 1894 p259.png

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Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 314.122-71
indigenous to: Canada
used by: Inuit

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thumb|"Eskimo violin" from Hudson bay area. The tautirut (Inuktitut syllabics: or tautiruut, also known as the Eskimo fiddle) is a bowed zither native to the Inuit culture of Canada.

Lucien M. Turner described the "Eskimo violin" in 1894 as being

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