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SHAPED STONE [17 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

A stone sculpture that is shaped to look like a body or person and has spiritual meaning with practices related to it.

CONT

The Inuit also construct a stone figure called an inunnguaq, which means "in the likeness of a human." This familiar stone figure with head, body, legs and arms is often mistakenly referred to as an inuksuk. Its purpose is more symbolic than functional.

OBS

inunnguaq: Inuktitut designation.

OBS

inunnguaqs; inunnguat: plural of "inunnguaq."

Key term(s)
  • inunnguaqs
  • inunnguat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Les Inuits construisent également un personnage de pierre connu sous le nom d'inunnguaq, qui signifie «à l'image d'un humain». Ce personnage de pierre familier possédant une tête, un corps, des bras et des jambes, est souvent appelé à tort inuksuk. En fait, sa raison d'être est plus symbolique que fonctionnelle.

OBS

inunnguaq : désignation empruntée à l'inuktitut.

OBS

inunnguaqs; inunnguat : pluriel de «inunnguaq».

Key term(s)
  • inunnguaqs
  • inunnguat

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Anthropology
DEF

A small, shaped stone tool with a sharpened edge, typically used with a haft and characteristic of Mesolithic cultures.

CONT

Thin blades were further reduced to smaller pieces, often having a geometric form such as triangular, square, or trapezoidal, called microliths. These small bits of sharp flint were cemented (using resin) into a groove in a piece of wood to form a tool with a cutting edge longer than it was feasible to produce in a single piece of brittle flint ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Anthropologie
CONT

Outil en pierre de très petite dimension dont la longueur peut être inférieure à un centimètre. Le mot microlithe est souvent réservé aux outils de forme géométrique telle que triangle, rectangle, trapèze [ou] segment de cercle [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Philosophy and Religion
DEF

A roughly shaped stone(such as a meteorite) held sacred or worshipped as of divine origin.

OBS

OBS - baetyls; baetyli; baetuli: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • baetyls
  • baetyli
  • baetuli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Philosophie et religion
DEF

Pierre dressée à fonction symbolique ou sacrée, considérée comme le lieu d'une présence divine, et vénérée comme telle dans l'Orient ancien.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

Boulder that can only be lifted using a derrick or crane.

CONT

The sandy material from upstream and downstream of the dam will first be placed at the appropriate sites. Finer sediments from the auxiliary lock will then be placed on the resulting terrestrial and shoreline areas. The areas will then be groomed shaped, seeded, and riprapped consistent with adjacent shoreline. Deposition of rock fill and derrick stone across the upper and lower dam/riverbed cross sections is intended to stabilize bottom components and reduce undercutting of existing scour protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Architecture paysagère
OBS

Bloc : Masse considérable et pesante d'un seul tenant, en général peu ou pas travaillée.

CONT

Les blocs de pierre roulèrent le long de la colline.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

Descriptive of brick or stone which has been smoothly shaped, or finished by cutting, planing, rubbing, or sanding one or more or its faces.

OBS

See also "smooth-surfaced roofing".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Se dit d'un mur [de maçonnerie] dont le parement est parfaitement dressé.

CONT

Parementer. En carrière, c'est dresser la face d'une pierre qui doit constituer son parement. Un mur bien dressé, uni, et sans éléments saillants est parfois dit parementé.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Petrography
DEF

A stone that has been shaped, polished, or faceted by wind-driven sand.

OBS

Ventifacts are common in periglacial zones as well as in deserts.

OBS

ventifact: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Caillou façonné par l'action du vent.

OBS

caillou éolisé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
  • Petrografía
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Record 7 2006-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Archaeology
  • Smoker's Articles
CONT

Some of the finest works of art by these prehistoric people were made of pipestone. Fairly soft and easy to work, this material lends itself to making fine, decoratively carved objects such as the beautiful platform pipe on our cover. ... The engraving of the feathers and detail work on the head testify to the skill the artisan had in creating this unique owl effigy platform pipe.

OBS

A flat platform was shaped on the stone bowl. On this a social or religious statement was depicted by one or more animals(often the owl, frog or bear) or human figures, sometimes both. These figures usually faced the smoker.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Archéologie
  • Articles de fumeur
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • calumet à plateforme

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A perforated stone reported only from archaic sites in midwestern and eastern North America and having usually two symmetrical wings that was apparently used primarily as a weight attached to a throwing stick but doubtless had considerable ceremonial significance, having been often buried with the dead.

CONT

A specific type of oddly shaped weight, called a banner stone, served as a kind of silencer, stopping a hunter's prey from being startled by the sound of the throw. Normally, an atlatl makes a distinctive ’zip’ sound when the dart is thrown. But a banner stone, extending sideways like wings on an aeroplane, again about halfway down the atlatl, seems to muffle this sound.

OBS

A banner stone is a particular type of atlatl weight.

Key term(s)
  • banner-stone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

Lest de propulseur en pierre polie. De tels lests étaient attachés au propulseur afin d'accroître la force de propulsion de la lance. Le trou nécessaire pour attacher le lest au propulseur était percé au moyen d'un foret à archet et au moyen d'une tige de roseau creuse, d'eau et d'un mélange abrasif de sable.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
DEF

Shaped from a single block of stone, as a monolithic column.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
DEF

Se dit d'un ouvrage fait d'un seul bloc de pierre de taille ou de marbre : linteau monolithe, colonne monolithe.

OBS

Aujourd'hui, «monolithe» est employé usuellement comme nom masculin. L'adjectif correspondant est «monolithique»; [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
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Record 10 1994-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

A slab of metal or stone upon which a gather of glass is shaped by rolling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Pièce en acier qui était en marbre à l'origine [...] [utilisée] pour rouler la paraison; [...]

CONT

Le soufflage : [...] À l'aide d'une canne en fer creux [...] il va "cueiller" dans le pot une petite quantité de paraison. Il commence par l'arrondir et l'égaliser sur le marbre, sorte de table en fonte [...]

OBS

La surface peut être lisse, cannelée, etc.

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

trough : a long, narrow open container of wood, stone, etc. for holding water or food for animals; any similarly shaped vessel as one for kneading or washing something.

OBS

In BAPLO, 1960, p. 420, there is an illustration of the barracks-type lavatory which seems to designate the same concept.

Key term(s)
  • barracks-type lavatory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Les lavabos prennent une grande importance quand il s'agit d'en pourvoir un établissement industriel, en raison même du nombreux personnel qui doit en faire usage. Le type le plus simple consiste en une auge montée sur supports. Il convient principalement au personnel en faisant un usage intensif aux heures de cessation de travail. Selon l'importance de l'installation, les dispositions du local, etc., les lavabos-auges sont adossés aux murs ou, plus souvent, disposés en épis perpendiculairement aux baies pour que l'éclairage soit bien dispensé entre les travées.

OBS

On trouve une illustration du lavabo-auge dans GAPLO, 1981, p. 276.

OBS

Voir documents graphiques d'accompagnement.

Spanish

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Record 12 1983-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Methods
CONT

Building stone, shaped, dressed or worked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction
CONT

Pierre de construction, façonnée, taillée ou montée.

Spanish

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Record 13 1983-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

an impression made by a stone and a bone implement; the linear shaped tool has closely spaced notches and one or two bevelled edges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 14 1983-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

an oval shaped and pearlike piece of stone trimmed flat on both sides

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 15 1983-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a stone implement shaped like the keel of a ship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 16 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a stone shaped like a boat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 17 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

that seal was cut in a hard stone, and shaped like a beetle from one to 10 cm long, with an inscription and design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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