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Record 1 2013-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Woodworking
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

A short transverse cut was made in the selected tree... This incision was always made on the north side of the tree since this side receives the least sunlight... A tool called a bark peeler was then forced under the bark lifting it to make a flap.

Key term(s)
  • bark-peeler

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail du bois
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Typiquement, les outils de la tradition de la Cordillère septentrionale incluent de larges pointes lancéolées à la base arrondie, des outils sur lame (éclats allongés à côtés parallèles) et de larges burins (outils à écorcer et à rogner, probablement utilisés pour travailler le bois et l’andouiller).

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
OBS

This essential oil is extracted from the gum resin obtained by making an incision in a tree which grows in Arabia and south-east Africa. The essential oil is yellowish in colour and has a balsamic aroma. Its perfume becomes slightly lemony when mixed with myrrh and aromatic spices.... It is a good nerve tonic, antiseptic, and pectoral(good for the chest).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parfumerie
DEF

[Huile essentielle extraite de la gomme d'un arbre de la famille des] Térébenthinacées ou Burséracées originaires du pourtour de la mer Rouge (Somalie, Arabie), et utilisée depuis la plus haute Antiquité dans les cérémonies religieuses pour sa fumée odoriférante. [Ses propriétés sont] tonifiante et énergisante, anti-infectieuse des voies respiratoires, anti-inflammatoire, antidouleur et cicatrisante.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Raw Materials (Rubber)
  • Tire Manufacturing
CONT

raw rubber, a coherent, elastic solid, is obtained from the milky liquid-latex, exuded by the tree when an incision is made in the bark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières premières (Caoutchouc)
  • Fabrication des pneumatiques
DEF

produit solide, d'origine naturelle constitué par l'hydrocarbure caoutchouc [...] et par des substances désignées généralement sous le nom de constituants non caoutchouc

Spanish

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