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ID: 300435741
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300435741

 

Record Type: concept
inuksuit (stacked rocks (structures), <monuments by form>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Groups of stacked stones or boulders in a figural form, constructed by Inuit individuals. Inuksuit are constructed to act as waypoints, message centers, spiritual veneration, or as hunting decoys. The oldest inuksuit date from 2400 to 1800 years ago.
 
Terms:
inuksuit (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,PN)
inuksuit (Inuit-P,D,U,PN)
inuksuk (C,U,English,AD,L,SN)
inuksuk (Inuit,AD,U,SN)
inukshuk (C,U,English,UF,L,SN)
inukshuk (Inuit,UF,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by function>
.................... <single built works by function> (G)
Hierarchy of monuments
........................ monuments (G)
Hierarchy of <monuments by form>
............................ <monuments by form> (G)
Hierarchy of stacked rocks (structures)
................................ stacked rocks (structures) (G)
Hierarchy of inuksuit
.................................... inuksuit (G)

Related concepts:
reflect/produced by ....  Inuit (Canadian Arctic Native style)
....................................  (Canadian Arctic Native styles, Arctic Native American styles, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) [300017455]

Sources and Contributors:
inukshuk............  [VP]
.................  Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2000-) "inukshuk," accessed 11 December 2019
inuksuit............  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2000-) "inuksuit," accessed 11 December 2019
.................  First American Art Magazine [online] (2019) "inuksuit," accessed 11 December 2019, "Art Terms,"
.................  Graburn, Icon of the Inuit of Nunavut (2004) 70-73; accessed 11 December 2019
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) "inuksuit," accessed 11 December 2019
inuksuk............  [VP]
.................  Graburn, ed., Ethnic and Tourist Arts (1976) 70-73; accessed 11 December 2019
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2000-) "inuksuit," accessed 11 December 2019
.......... First American Art Magazine [online] (2019) "inuksuit," accessed 11 December 2019, "Art Terms,"
.......... Graburn, Icon of the Inuit of Nunavut (2004) 70-73; accessed 11 December 2019

 

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