Qilaut

The qilaut (Inuit: "that by means of which the spirits are called up",^[1] syllabic: ᕿᓚᐅᑦ^[2]) or qilaat (Greenlandic) is a type of frame drum native to the Inuit cultures of the Arctic.

Drum dancing, Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada, 2019

Drummers at a dance near Nome in 1900.

The drum is distinctive in that it has a handle and is made of caribou skin, which is not particularly resonant, giving it a dull, rumbling sound. It is beaten with a stick, the qatuk.