Tikva (f)
original: тиква
Ribare [SSE of Svrljig] (➺ Erske gajde); NB: In Vukosavljević's Легенда (legènda)/Index [➺ p.42] erroneously only indicated as prdak (б/b¹).
Originally made of pumpkin (hence the term, that doesn’t change, however, even if other material - such as wood - is used).
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.176, 196.
Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (»Širola [129]; »Vukosavljević).
Вукосављевић, Петар Д. (Vukosavljević, Petar D.): Гајде у Србији – њихова сазвучја и могућност уклапања у савремени народни оркестар = Bag – and – drone pipes in Serbia: their chording and compatibility with a modern folk music orchestra. Београд (Beograd), 1979, p.43.