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Drum made of wood and skin, the frame carved from a single piece of pinewood, with reindeer skin stretched across. The skin is covered in painted designs using ink made from chewed alder bark, and depicting maps, guides and accounts of journeys to the worlds of spirits and gods. Grip at rear formed by two oblong openings cut out.
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