Make your own Inuksuk

Title
Make your own Inuksuk

Personal Author EPSB
Mary. Wallace

Summary
Step-by-step instructions show how to find and prepare suitable stone, stack and balance rock, and choose the perfect location for the inuksuk, a beautiful balanced-stone sculpture traditionally built by the Inuit. Also contains information about these structures--from how they were used as silent messengers for thousands of years in the Far North to why people build them today.

Other Title
Inuksuk

Year Published
2001

Series
A Wow Canada! book.

Physical Description
32 p. : col. illus. ; 27 cm.

Note
Includes index.

Note (Local)
Donated by Dr. Holden and Dr. Afshar, local dentists.

Program Information
Histories & Stories of Ways of Life in Canada Gr. 5+

Subject
Inuksuit.
 
Inuit -- Canada -- Material culture.
 
Inuit -- Canada -- Social life and customs.
 
Handicraft.
 
Social Studies - 5.2.2.

Summary
Step-by-step instructions show how to find and prepare suitable stone, stack and balance rock, and choose the perfect location for the inuksuk, a beautiful balanced-stone sculpture traditionally built by the Inuit. Also contains information about these structures--from how they were used as silent messengers for thousands of years in the Far North to why people build them today.

ISBN
9781897066140

Publisher
Toronto : Maple Tree Press, c2001.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Westbrook751 WALBook30197000128668Non-Fiction