Kantele

A kantele (pronounced in Finnish or harppu in Sami) is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family native to Finland and Karelia. Its relatives can be found throughout the world, including Estonian kannel, Russian gusli, Latvian kokle, and Lithuanian kanklės. Together these instruments make up the family known as Baltic psalteries. Kantele is also related to the ancient Asian instruments such as Chinese gu zheng and Japanese koto.