Olympic Inukshuk
by Eti Reid
Title
Olympic Inukshuk
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Eti Reid
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Photograph
Description
The mysterious stone figures known as inuksuit can be found throughout the circumpolar world. Inukshuk, the singular of inuksuit, means "in the likeness of a human" in the Inuit language. They are monuments made of unworked stones that are used by the Inuit for communication and survival. The traditional meaning of the inukshuk is "Someone was here" or "You are on the right path."The inuksuk may have been used for navigation, as a point of reference, a marker for travel routes, fishing places, camps, hunting grounds, places of veneration, drift fences used in hunting or to mark a food cache.The Inupiat in northern Alaska used inuksuit to assist in the herding of caribou into contained areas for slaughter.Varying in shape and size, the inuksuit have longtime roots in the Inuit culture.
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March 20th, 2013
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Mary Machare
Monumental is the word that comes to mind... Wonderful capture against that dramatic sky. vf and pinned
Heidi Smith
This is so intriguing, Eti, and with a wonderful description my friend. f/v/tw/su/g+
Eti Reid replied:
I am very fascinated from this art Heidi:) Thank you for noticing it and supporting it:)
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