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"ARTIST SEX" - Humanities

Field label
ARTIST SEX
Field mnemonic
ARSX
Field name
  • Artist/Maker/Designer Sex
  • Sexe de l'artiste, de l'artisan ou du concepteur
Field definition
This field contains the sex of the artist, maker or designer.
Heading
ARTIST, MANUFACTURER, MERCHANT FIELDS
Comments
NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date.
Entry rules
Enter the sex. Attributed data should be followed by space "?". A semicolon and a space should separate multiple entries.
Cataloguers rules
See also, other Artist/Maker/Designer fields with mnemonics prefixed by 'AR'.
Data type
alpha-numeric string
Examples
  • male
  • female
  • unknown
  • male ?
  • masculin
  • féminin
  • inconnu
  • masculin ?
Discipline
  • Art
Field label (French)
SEXE DE L'ARTISTE
Field mnemonic (French)
SEXAR

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