Tukiliit : the stone people who live in the wind : an introduction to inuksuit and other stone figures of the north /

Tukiliit : the stone people who live in the wind : an introduction to inuksuit and other stone figures of the north /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hallendy, Norman.
Imprint:	Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, c2009.
Description:	127 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.
Language:	English Inuktitut French Spanish German Japanese
Subject:	Inukshuks -- Arctic regions. Inukshuks -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works. Inuit -- Material culture -- Arctic regions. Inuit -- Material culture -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works. Inuit -- Rites and ceremonies -- Pictorial works. Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Antiquities. Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works. Stone -- Arctic regions. Stone -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works. Building stones -- Arctic regions. Building stones -- Arctic regions -- Pictorial works. Building stones. Inuit -- Antiquities. Inuit -- Material culture. Inukshuks. Stone. Arctic Regions. Illustrated works. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7887869

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Varying Form of Title:	Stone people who live in the wind
ISBN:	9781602230576 1602230579 9781553654247 1553654242
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 126). Text in English, with brief texts (p. 118-122) in Inuktitut, French, Spanish, German, and Japanese.
Summary:	"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.
Other form:	Online version: Hallendy, Norman. Tukiliit. Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, c2009

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Summary:	For centuries, Inuit and their ancestors have been building beautiful rock structures known as inuksuit across the Arctic and sub-Arctic. But such monuments are not limited to the Inuit culture, and in fact tukiliit --the Inuktitut term for all meaningful stone objects--are found all over the world. Tukiliit ventures to Iceland, India, the Faroe Islands, and the Utah desert to document a range of inuksuk-like figures. It features ninety stunning images of these unique objects, both ancient and contemporary, alongside Norman Hallendy's thoughtful insights into what inuksuit are, why the Inuit build them, and what they can tell us about life and death in the Far North.
Physical Description:	127 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 126).
ISBN:	9781602230576 1602230579 9781553654247 1553654242