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This is a drum from Nunavut.
The Inuit use it for cultural practices such as gatherings or just for fun.

Traditionally the drum's rim would be made from drift wood or flexable bones, the fabric would be made from baby caribou hide because it was thin and flexable, the rope would be made from sinew (tendon), to keep the fabric in place with the rim..

Now a days the drum is made from wood, fabric and rope like string

The Drum is not hit in the center, but the rim of it, with a club looking short stick with leather on top.
as you can see there is a small cut near the handel, that is to make the vibration of the drum better.
It is the vibration that makes the sound when you hit the rim rather then the center. it sounds better like that
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Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A510
Shutter Speed
1/159 second
Aperture
F/2.6
Focal Length
6 mm
Date Taken
Feb 15, 2008, 3:03:11 PM
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this one also looks good al