A term used (after the German Bogenharfe) particularly in the classification of African instruments for a form of ‘arched harp’ (see Harp, §§I and 6) where the strings are at one end attached to the resonator and at the other to an onbuilt curved neck. Some organologists have however proposed the term as applicable to a chordophone on which the strings are attached to either end of a curved, bow-shaped stick or neck, where the resonator is attached to the neck in a way sufficiently permanent to justify the term ‘harp’ (as opposed to a Musical bow with attached resonator); it has been applied to ancient Indian harps (see Vīnā) and its modern survivors in Afghanistan and India.