Ġummiena (f)
(with) definite article: il (il-Ġummiena)decorative fringe(s), tassel(s), &c. dangling from any of the pipes, &c.
The fringes decorating all four "legs"; NB: The arrow in the drawing shown by Starke is directed, rather confusingly, more or less at the stock for the blowpipe.
Starke, Christian: Zaqq: the Maltese bagpipe. In: Anuario da Gaita 2003 (18), p.27.