Gitta Böth, LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen, Germany Manfred Hartmann, LWL-Museumsamt für Westfalen, Münster,

Germany

CIDOC Annual Conference 2014Access and Understanding – Networking in the Digital Era

Dresden, 6th – 11th September 2014

Furniture, Headdresses, Tools –Insights into Comprehensive Museological Work on Object

Terminology

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Wussegel

1. Preliminary notes2. The German file of generic terms (Oberbegriffsdatei OBG)3. Last projects: Furniture and Headdresses4. New project: Tools

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Preliminary Notes

• Work on object terminology is basic work.

• We bring forward the clear conceptualization of museum objects by linguistic terms and describe their contents

• Terminological control ensures communication.

• It is not easy to bring words and objects together considering different scientific and regional origins.

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OBG

• The file of generic terms was developed by users of the object documentation software HiDA.

• First product was the “generic terms list”: a hierarchyof up to seven levels.

• After a general revision the OBG file has about 4.000 descriptors.

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OBG

• Descriptors and systematical classificationare complemented by definitions and illustrations.

• The classification refers to the form or shape of the objects.

• The data acquisition is web-based (xTree).

• The vocabulary can be edited by any internet-enabled workstation.

• Digital and analog exist in parallel.

. Möbel

.. Sitzmöbel

... Chaiselongue

Die Chaiselongue ist ein aus dem Sessel entwickeltes Möbel, das durch die Verlängerung der Sitzflache eine halb sitzende, halb liegende Körperhaltung ermöglicht.

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Synonyms

Descriptor

Description

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. Furniture

.. Seating Furniture

... Chaise longue

The Chaise longue is a piece of furniture which is developed from the armchair. Its seat is long enough to enable a half sitting nd a half lying posture.

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Synonyms

Descriptor

Description

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Intense scientific encounters create a special culture of discussion. Meetings are not always harmonious, but they always productive…

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Such a die-hard!If you accept burkas, you can‘t be against bonnets!

He only argues because his wife weares traditionalceremonial bonnets!The traditional

Munich bonnet mustbe included!

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…. The „War of the Bonnets“ ended with the „Bonnet Agreementof Chemnitz“:

The OBG group decided to include some basic types ofBonnets unter the generic term „Trachtenhaube“ as selectedexamples of hoods belonging to traditional and occupationalcostumes.

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Our new project: The typology of tools

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The section in the OBG is headed “tool, device”.

105 terms are subordinated

starting with “Abdreheisen” (trimming/turning tool) and

ending with “Zubehör” (accessories).

41 of these have subdivisions which are further broken down to some extent.

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Taken from:

Reitz-Töller, Maria-Luise: Die Putzmacherin. Ein weibliches Handwerk. Mainz, 1998, p. 53

Showing sewing-machines from amilliner

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Taken from:

Siuts, Hinrich: Bäuerliche und hand-werkliche Arbeitsgeräte in Westfalen. Die alten Geräte der Landwirtschaft und des Landhandwerks 1890 – 1930. 3rd ed. Münster, 2002, p. 224

Showing plate 125: pliers such as nipper and endcutting pliers, pig-nose pliers, flat-nose pliers etc.

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Thank your for your attention!