Khutang  The khutang (literally "swan", also called Ostyak harp, "kiotang", "sotang", "shotang") is a type of harp played by the Khanty and Mansi people of Siberia. The khutang and the nares-jux lyre comprise the only two indigenous string instruments of Northern Siberia. The khutang is bow-shaped and often surmounted by a carven animal head, often a swan. It is generally described as having between nine and thirteen strings. The Mansi also referred to the instrument as "taryghsyp yiv" ("wooden crane-neck"). A similar, swan-shaped, but only two-stringed, harp is played by the Narym Selkup people of Siberia, and may have been based on the Ostyak harp.