Lyre made up of a wooden frame, a bowl-shaped sound box covered with monitor lizard skin and eight strings attached to a crossbar (known as the 'yoke') by tuning twine. A circular gap in the skin over the bowl serves as a sound hole.

Lyres of this kind are found across East Africa. This example, from Uganda, is associated particularly with two people groups - the Basoga (who call the lyre entongoli) and the Baganda (who call it endongo). It is usually played in a sitting position and accompanied by singing. East African lyres have no bridge, and so the strings resonate close to the sound bowl, producing a buzzing sound. The yoke is traditionally decorated with cowrie shells and tassels of goat hair, which are absent on this example.