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Zub (m)

plural: Zubi, Zubovi
tooth/teeth

each of the decorative horns/teeth inserted in the "front-legs"

Identical types: 3
Mješina

Each of the 2 bent "horns" inserted in the "front-legs" of the bag, sometimes connected by a string; Dalmatia region (Kistanje; Poljica; Sinjska Krajina region; Vrlika); Dol.

Usually made of wood, sometimes they are real teeth (preferably from an old boar, since they are big), with a groove filed near their base to allow tying-in.

Rog, Roščić

Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.115, 140, 141/*, 142/*, 145, 161, 228.

Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (»Širola [129]).