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Materials used in construction include teak wood or tun wood ( Cedrela tuna ), which is a variation of mahogany, for the neck and faceplate ( tabli ), and gourds for the kaddu ( the main resonating chamber ).

The instrument's bridges are made of deer horn, ebony, or very occasionally from camel bone.

Synthetic material is now common as well.

The sitar may have a secondary resonator, the tumbaa, near the top of its hollow neck.