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SACRED DRUM

\sˈe͡ɪkɹəd dɹˈʌm], \sˈe‍ɪkɹəd dɹˈʌm], \s_ˈeɪ_k_ɹ_ə_d d_ɹ_ˈʌ_m]\

Definitions of SACRED DRUM

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Among Laplanders, formerly, a kind of necessary household god in every family ; a hollowed section of fir or beech, covered with skins on one side, hung with rings, beaten with a reindeer's horn ; divination was by the movement of the rings.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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