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figurehead

carved wooden decoration found at the prow of a ship
Thing general Q729329
figurehead
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figurehead

Summary

figurehead ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (795 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • figurehead is a type of sculpture[2].
  • figurehead is a type of Q132466657[3].
  • figurehead's Commons category is recorded as Figureheads[4].
  • figurehead's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Figureheads[5].
  • figurehead's Commons gallery is recorded as Figurehead[6].
  • figurehead's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[7].
  • figurehead's different from is recorded as figurehead[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sculpture[2] and Q132466657[3].

Influence

Things named for figurehead include figurehead[9], a position[10].

Why It Matters

figurehead ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (795 views/month).[1] figurehead has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] figurehead is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for figurehead include figurehead[9], a position[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . data.cultureelerfgoed.nl. Retrieved . data.cultureelerfgoed.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). figurehead. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/figurehead
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_figurehead_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{figurehead}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/figurehead}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 18h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → sculpture, Q132466657
    Topic's main category → Category:Figureheads
    Different from → figurehead
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22773, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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