The qilaut (

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...

: "that by means of which the spirits are called up",Lucien Lévy-Bruhl. ''Primitives and the supernatural''. Haskell House Publishers, 1973 , , pg 132. syllabic: ᕿᓚᐅᑦ) or qilaat (Greenlandic) is a type of

frame drum A frame drum is a drum that has a drumhead width greater than its depth. It is one of the most ancient musical instruments, and perhaps the first drum to be invented. It has a single drumhead that is usually made of rawhide, but man-made mat ...

native to the

cultures of the

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. 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''.

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