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Record 1 2023-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

A stone sculpture that is shaped to look like a body or person and has spiritual meaning with practices related to it.

CONT

While stone figures resembling human forms are often referred to as inuksuk, such figures are actually known as inunnguaq.

OBS

inunnguaq: Inuktitut designation.

OBS

inunnguaqs; inunnguat: plural of "inunnguaq."

Key term(s)
  • inunnguaqs
  • inunnguat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Les empilements de pierres qui ont la forme d'une personne sont souvent appelés inuksuk, mais leur véritable nom est inunnguaq.

OBS

inunnguaq : désignation empruntée à l'inuktitut.

OBS

inunnguaqs; inunnguat : pluriel de «inunnguaq».

Key term(s)
  • inunnguaqs
  • inunnguat

Spanish

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