Kotka (f)
stock for the chanter(s)
Usually it has the shape of a goat’s head; Oddly, Kopoczek confirms this, though he shows, in his main illustration, a stock without any ornament; NB: ➺ Kotka (2 and 3).
Made of wood; If a goat’s head, decorated with pieces of horn, porcelain buttons, &c.
Kopoczek, Alojzy: Ludowe instrumenty muzyczne polskiego obszaru karpackiego: instrumenty dęte (Folk instruments in the Polish Carpathian region: wind instruments). Rzeszów, 1996, p.112, 114*, 140.