"TECHNIQUE" - Humanities
- Field label
- TECHNIQUE
- Field mnemonic
- MT
- Field name
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- Technique
- Technique de fabrication
- Field definition
- This field lists, from most to least predominant the processes, methods or techniques used to create the object.
- Status
- Strongly recommended for uploading to Artefacts Canada.
- Heading
- DESCRIPTIVE FIELDS
- Comments
- Edits were made to this field in May 2010. Data entry rules were made more precise, and harmonized with those recommended in Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images. By Murtha Baca, Patricia Harpring, Elisa Lanzi, Linda McRae, and Ann Whiteside. Visual Resources Association. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006. Website: http://www.vrafoundation.org/ccoweb/index.htm (accessed 2010-03-05).
- Entry rules
- Enter the techniques from the most predominant to the least predominant. Multiple entries are allowed. Terms should be as specific as possible and in a past participle form. Do not use abbreviations. Use lowercase except where the technique is distinguished by a proper noun. Use terminology in the language of the catalogue record. Include the appropriate diacritical marks. Use natural word order. Uncertain data should be followed by space and "?".
- Cataloguers rules
- The field should be used in conjunction with the Material field (MA) for a three-dimensional item such as a sculpture, historical object or ethnographic artifact. For a two-dimensional item such as a painting, print or photograph use the Medium (MED) and Support (SUP) fields. The Technique field (MT) may be used for outstanding or unique entries. See also the Decorative Technique (DT) field.
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Reference
- Ewing, Calum. 1992. Standards for the Use of the Material, Technique, and Related Fields in the CHIN Humanities Databases. Manuscript. Canadian Heritage Information Network, Ottawa.
- Examples
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- carved
- painted
- woven
- appliquéd
- hand blown
- pressed
- embossed
- sculpté
- doré
- polychromie
- tissé
- appliqué
- ajouré
- dentelé
- soufflé
- pressé
- repoussé
- niellé ?
- à l'emporte-pièce
- Authority list
- • Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT). J. Paul Getty Trust. Website: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat (accessed 2010-03-05). The Techniques Hierarchy is especially relevant to the Technique field. • Ewing, Calum. 1992. Standards for the Use of the Material, Technique and Related Fields in the CHIN Humanities Databases. Ottawa, Canadian Heritage Information Network. • Ministère de la culture et de la communication de France, Base de données Joconde, Vocabulaires scientifiques pour la description des collections. Website: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/partenaires/AIDEMUSEES/telechargement.htm (accessed 2010-03-05). List technique – matériaux is the most relevant for this field. • British Museum Materials Thesaurus. Website: http://www.mda.org.uk/bmmat/matintro.htm (accessed 2010-03-05).
- Discipline
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- Multidiscipline
- Source
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- Archaeology (Specimens) Task Force
- Ethnology Task Force
- Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images. By Murtha Baca, Patricia Harpring, Elisa Lanzi, Linda McRae, and Ann Whiteside. Visual Resources Association. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006. Pages 121-134. Website: http://www.vraweb.org/ccoweb/cco/about.html (accessed 2013-10-28).
- Field label (French)
- TECHNIQUE DE FABRICATION
- Field mnemonic (French)
- TF
Contact information for this web page
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