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ID: 300417710
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417710

 

Record Type: concept
turtle shell (keratinous material, animal material, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Material derived from the shells of certain turtles and tortoises, sometimes utilizing the entire shell. Differs from the material "tortoise shell" in the way it is prepared and its finished appearance; also often derived from different species than is "tortoise shell."
 
Terms:
turtle shell (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
shell, turtle (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by origin>
............ <materials by origin> (G)
Hierarchy of biological material
................ biological material (G)
Hierarchy of animal material
.................... animal material (G)
Hierarchy of keratinous material
........................ keratinous material (G)
Hierarchy of turtle shell
............................ turtle shell (G)

Related concepts:
derived/made from ....  Testudines (order)
................................  (Anapsida (subclass), Reptilia (class), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300310264]
distinguished from ....  tortoise shell
..................................  (keratinous material, animal material, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300011837]

Sources and Contributors:
shell, turtle............  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
turtle shell............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
.......................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)
.......................  Pillsbury, Potts, Richter, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas (2017) 302
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)

 

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