Artic
Artic & Subarctic / Inuit

Wood, bladder, bone
Late 19th century
Diameter: 19 in
Membranophone – Struck Membranophone 

An Inuit Kelyaut or Qilaut/Kilaut (frame drum) of the Arctic.  This frame drum is the staple in all traditional Inuit music, including dance music and storytelling.  This one is distinctive in that the skin head is a thin walrus bladder stretched over the bentwood (possibly Willow wood) frame and possibly a walrus tusk/bone serves as the handle.  There is an old repair to the walrus bladder.   A beater, usually made from a thin, curved stick is used to strike the single-headed drum from below.

Traditionally, the Inuit did not have a specific word for what English-speaking people call ‘music.’ The closest word in Inuktitut is ‘nipi’ — which includes music, the sounds of speech, wild animals, the forces of nature and noise.’

Reference:  https://travelnunavut.ca/things-to-see-do/music-performance-art/