It has a sound box shaped like an egg cut in half lengthwise and a neck with a pegbox (the part which the tuning pegs are inserted into) bent roughly 90 degrees backwards.
すなわち卵を縦に半分に割ったような形の共鳴胴に棹を付け、糸倉（ヘッド）がほぼ直角に後ろに曲がった形である。