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scrimshaw [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

scrimshaw: an item in the "Art" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

ivoire sculpté et gravé : objet de la classe «Œuvre artistique» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 1979-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sculpture
DEF

Any of various carved or engraved useful or decorative articles (as canes, cribbage boards, corset stays, snuff boxes, or small pieces of statuary) sometimes coloured by brushing ink into the engraved lines and made especially by American whalemen esp. from whalebone or whale ivory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sculpture
OBS

Renseignement confirmé par Mme Choquette-Devaux, Section des Musées.

Spanish

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