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thumb|250px|Wooden statues or '''''' ('wooden person', from Mapuche 'people' and 'wood') are Mapuche statues made of wood used to signal the grave of a deceased person.

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thumb|250px|Wooden statues or '''''' ('wooden person', from Mapuche 'people' and 'wood') are Mapuche statues made of wood used to signal the grave of a deceased person.

==Description== thumb|Proportion of a , Mapuche funeral statue, over a person.|150px The are carved wooden statues, usually more than 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 .

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