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Zapadka (f)

original: западка

? [latch, ratchet?]

device with which the rear end of the bag is closed

Identical types: 7
Mih

Plug, with which the rear end of the bag is closed; Hucul¹ term; Verhovyna (Верховина [Polish: Żabie]) [SSW of Kolomyja (Коломия)], southern Ukraine; ¹NB: ➺ Dutka (NB [re Hucul]).

Made of rubber, or any other appropriate material.

Sources

Mierczyński, Stanisław: Muzyka Huculszczyzny [(Music of the Hucuły region)]. Przygotował do druku z rękopisu, skomentował i wstępem opatrzył [Manuscript prepared for publication, with revisional notes and introduction, by] Jan Stęszewski. Kraków, 1965, p.150.