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[[File:Tonkori.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A ''tonkori'' on display at the Metropolitan Museum]]
*''Japanese'': トンコリ ''(tonkori)''

The ''tonkori'' is a traditional [[Ainu]] stringed instrument.

Traditionally used for ritual dances, the instrument typically has a star-shaped sound hole, within which is a ball which is considered the instrument's "soul."

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==References==
*Gallery labels, Metropolitan Museum of Art.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8543824939/in/photostream/]

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