Tukiliit : the stone people who live in the wind : an introduction to inuksuit and other stone figures of the north
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Published
Vancouver : Fairbanks, Alaska : Douglas & McIntyre ; University of Alaska Press, c2009.
Format
Book
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
970.009 HALLEND
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970.009 HALLEND
1 available
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult) | 970.009 HALLEND | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Building stones -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works.
Building stones -- Arctic regions.
Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works.
Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Antiquities.
Inuit -- Canada
Inuit -- Material culture -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works.
Inuit -- Material culture -- Arctic regions.
Inuit -- Rites and ceremonies -- Pictorial works.
Inukshuks -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works.
Inukshuks -- Arctic regions.
Stone -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works.
Stone -- Arctic regions.
Building stones -- Arctic regions.
Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works.
Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Antiquities.
Inuit -- Canada
Inuit -- Material culture -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works.
Inuit -- Material culture -- Arctic regions.
Inuit -- Rites and ceremonies -- Pictorial works.
Inukshuks -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works.
Inukshuks -- Arctic regions.
Stone -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works.
Stone -- Arctic regions.
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Published
Vancouver : Fairbanks, Alaska : Douglas & McIntyre ; University of Alaska Press, c2009.
Physical Desc
127 pages : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126).
Description
"A stunning introduction to the mysterious stone figures of the North, featuring 90 of Norman Hallendy's rare and haunting photographs." "All across the vast and windswept polar regions of the North, from Alaska to Greenland and beyond, stone figures have been placed upon the landscape in mysterious and awesome configurations. The Inuit have been building such structures in the Arctic for centuries for a myriad of reasons. The objects most familiar to southerners are called inuksuit, meaning, "to act in the capacity of a human." Norman Hallendy, who has spent more than forty years travelling the North in the company of Inuit elders, has documented dozens of other forms, some recent, others ancient and venerated for centuries. Some are memorials; others mark good fishing spots, sacred places or important trails. To the Inuit, these silent messengers are all tukiliit: objects which "have a meaning."" --Book Jacket.
Language
Text in English, with brief texts (p. 118-122) in Inuktitut, French, Spanish, German, and Japanese.