Putipù

[1][2] It is a friction drum, consisting of a cylindrical sound box closed at the top by a stretched membrane, with a bamboo cane attached at the center.

Other common names are caccavella, puti-puti, pignato, cute-cute, cupellone, bufù (in Molise) and cupa-cupa (especially in Apulia).

In the variants called caccavella and pan-bomba, the sound box is made of earthenware (from a high quality clay which is used in the Southern part o Italy for making vases, plates and cooking pans).

The membrane is usually made from the skin of an animal; generally of goat, sheep or rabbit, very rarely of donkey or of calf.

The lower end of the bamboo cane is inserted in a hole made in the middle of the membrane, and tightly tied to it.