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Puntarolu [?] (m)

(with) definite article: ? [u [lu?] / lu [lu?] ?]
plural: Puntarola; (with) definite article: ? [li?]
(the) (prick-)punch(es)

each of the spatulae for spreading bees-wax when tuning, or adjusting a reed

Identical types: 23

Each of the accessories used for handling beeswax when tuning; Galati Mamertino and San Marco d’Alunzio (prov. Messina).

Made of bone, wood or plastic.

Ciondolo, Pintarolu

Sources

Sarica, Mario: La zampogna a paro siciliana [Title on 1st text page: La zampogna a paro in Sicilia]. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.162.