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Шаблон:Lang ('wooden person', from Mapuche Шаблон:Lang 'people' and Шаблон:Lang 'wood') are Mapuche statues made of wood used to signal the grave of a deceased person.[1][2]
Description
The Шаблон:Lang are carved wooden statues, usually more than Шаблон:Convert tall, that represent the stylized body and head of a human being. Statues may have male or female features. The Mapuche used whole logs of either Nothofagus obliqua, a hardwood, or laurel for their Шаблон:Lang.
The Mapuche made Шаблон:Lang in pre-Columbian times in a manner similar to headstones. According to testimony in books, Шаблон:Lang helped the deceased's soul reunite with its ancestors. This sculpture stood by the deceased during the funeral and was then erected over the grave.
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