Sámi drum
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A Sámi drum, is a shamanic ceremonial drum used by the Sámi people of Northern Europe. Sámi ceremonial drums have two main variations, both oval-shaped: a bowl drum in which the drumhead is strapped o
Schefferus' Lapponia (1673) is an early source for Sámi culture and religion
Lule Sámi bowl drum
Mari Boine with a modern drum. Drums are now used both as musical instruments and as symbols of Sámi identity.
Small 18th Century Sami Drum in the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Noaidi
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A noaidi is a shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic countries, playing a role in Sámi religious practices. Most noaidi practices died out during the 17th century, most likely because they resisted C
Sámi drum
…and a frame drum in which the drumhead stretches over a thin ring of bentwood. The drumhead is fashioned from reindeer hide. In Sámi shamanism, the noaidi used the drum to get into a trance, or to obtain information from the future, or other realms. The drum was held in one hand, and beaten with the other…
Sami noaidi with a meavrresgárri drum used for runic divination. Illustration printed from copperplates by O.H. von Lode, after drawings made by Knud Leem (1767).