Description
#100126
Inuit Art: Bird Flying Over Inukshuk
Artist: Joseph Quqqiaq
Size: 5 1/2” long ,7 3/4” high, 3 1/2” wide inches.
(On Base)
Community: Taloyoak Year: 1996 Stone: Serpentine
_An inuksuk or inukshuk is a manmade stone landmark or cairn built for use by the Inuit, Iñupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found in northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska.
_ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ or tingmiaq __Some 280 species of birds live in the Arctic regions, including land birds (grouse, buntings, snowy owls, falcons), sea or coastal birds
(albatrosses, terns, gulls, guillemots, turnstones) and birds that prefer marshy habitats (snow geese, swans, ducks).
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