ALTERNATE MATERIAL NAME - Humanities
- Field label
- ALTERNATE MATERIAL NAME
- Field mnemonic
- MAA
- Field name
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- Alternative Material Name
- Alternate Material Name
- Autre nom des matériaux
- Field definition
- This field lists foreign, native or archaic names for materials entered in the Material field.
- Heading
- DESCRIPTIVE 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 foreign, native, or archaic names for materials. Attributed data should be followed by space "?". A semicolon and a space should separate multiple entries.
- Cataloguers rules
- Refer to CHIN documentation research papers on material and technique for further clarification. See also, Material (MA) and Additive Material (MAAD).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- lime white
- whiting ?
- logwood
- Maya blue
- bois de campêche
- cuivre jaulne
- Discipline
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- Multidiscipline
- Source
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- Ethnology Task Force
- Field label (French)
- AUTRE NOM DES MATERIAUX
- Field mnemonic (French)
- ANMA
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