What is Frøyningsfjell drum?
[[File:Frøyningsfjelltromma.jpg|thumb|A drawing of the drum, by [[Ernst Manker]] (1950)]] [[File:Freavnantjahke gievrie Koch 2005 02.TIF|thumb|The drum has 50 pieces of leather that are fastened underneath the drum. 134 pieces of metal are fastened to those leather pieces. (Picture by ''[[Meininger Museen]]'']] [[File:Freavnantjahke gievrie Koch 2005 03.jpg|thumb|Picture by [[Meininger Museen]] (year 2014)]] The '''Frøyningsfjell drum''' ('Frøynings-mountain drum'),<ref>https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/markerer-tromme-hjemkomst/19.41075. [[Sagat]].no. Retrieved 2023-10-30</ref> sometimes called the Folldal drum, is a famous drum that was taken from [[Sami people of Norway]] in 1723. In 2023, it came back to Norway.<ref>https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/stor-og-spesiell-dag/19.41223. Sagat.no. Retrieved 2023-11-05</ref> It is on [[display]] at [[Saemien Sijte]], a museum in Trøndelag.<ref name=1830s>https://www.sagat.no/debatt/freavnantjahken-gievrie-endelig-hjemme/19.41244. [[Sagat]].no. Retrieved 2023-11-07</ref> The drum has its origion in the mountains between [[Namsskogan]] and [[Høylandet]] in [[Namdalen]] in county [[Trøndelag]]. Place names here are Frøyningsfjellet and Folldalen. History: The drum has been [owned or] held by [[Meininger Museum]] since 1837.<ref name=1830s/> In 2023 the [[Meininger Museum]] gave the drum back to the Sami people. The drum have been owned and used by a Sami [[shaman]]. It is not a [[musical instrument]], but it looks like one, according to [[Dr.]] Philipp Adlung.<ref>https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/tysk-museum-gir-tilbake-samisk-tromme-etter-300-ar-1.16598948. Retrieved 2023-11-11</ref> [[File:Grüne Bibliothek Schloss Elisabethenburg Green library Meiningen.jpg|left|600px|thumb|The drum (to the left) was on [[display]] in a place at [[Meininger Museum]]'s [[Schloss Elisabethenburg]] that shows part of the history of music. (The picture is from 2009, and the drum was given away in 2023.)]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *['the Folldal drum's travel thru 300 years'] ht