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Stacked stones in a rough human form with outstretched arms.
Also known as: Inukshuk, Inunnguaq, Stone figure marker, Stacked stones
An inuksuk is a stone structure built by Inuit across the Arctic as a marker — for navigation, for a cache, for a hunting drive. The human-shaped form with arms and legs is properly called an inunnguaq, and treating every inuksuk as human-shaped is a modern simplification.
Denotes an Inuit stone marker used for navigation, marking a cache or channelling caribou, built across the Canadian Arctic.
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Is distinct from the inunnguaq, the human-shaped variant that the widely reproduced emblem actually depicts; not every inuksuk resembles a person.
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Appears on the flag and coat of arms of Nunavut, adopted in 1999 when the territory was created.
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Several roughly rectangular stone slabs stacked into an upright figure with a broad horizontal slab forming outstretched arms and a smaller stone as a head.