Inuksuit: Silent Messengers of the Arctic
by Hallendy, Norman

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Inuksuit: Silent Messengers of the Arctic: The mysterious stone figures known as inuksuit can be found throughout the circumpolar world. Built from whatever stones are at hand, each one is unique. Inuksuit are among the oldest and most important objects placed by humans upon the vast Arctic landscape and have become a familiar symbol of the Inuit and their homeland.

In author Norman Hallendy's forty years of travels throughout the Arctic he developed deep and lasting friendships with a number of Inuit elders. Through them, he learned that inuksuit are a nuanced, complex and vital form of communication. Some are navigational or directional aids, offer hunting information or indicate caches of food or supplies. Some are practical “helpers” that once assisted in hunting caribou or geese. Other stone objects that look very much like inuksuit were objects of veneration, indicating places of power or the abode of spirits.

Although most appear singly, sometimes they are arranged in sequences spanning great distances, and others are grouped to mark a specific place. Others define the ghostly geography of spiritual landscape.

Hallendy's dramatic colour images of many different kinds of inuksuit and objects of veneration capture not only a sense of wonder and power but reveal the unfamiliar Arctic landscape in all its magical beauty.

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Weight:	0.59 kg
Price:	CDN$ 35.00 (US$ 34.06)

ISBN-10:	1550548743
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781550548747
Author:	Hallendy, Norman
Publisher:	Douglas & McIntyre Vancouver, B.C.
Publication Date:	8/2001
Pages:	127 pp
Size/Dimensions:	9.5 x 10.5 x .5 inches
Binding:	Paperback