Scaraboids

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) > Visual Works (Hierarchy Name) > visual works > <visual works by material or technique> > sculpture (visual work) > <sculpture by subject type> > scarabs (sculpture)

Descripción

A scaraboid is a seal, setting in a ring, or other object in the general shape of a scarab--that is a ovoid domed shape with a flat bottom--but lacking the details that identify it as the scarab insect. Scaraboids may be decorated with designs unrelated to the original insect.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265272

Otros términos

  • scaraboïden [nl]
  • scaraboid [en]
  • scarabæoid [en]