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Piercing

Scope note

Puncturing or perforating, as to create a decorative pattern by removing small pieces of the material, usually metal; original technique done with a chisel but later with a small saw.

This term has 819 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000231153

Equivalent Terms used

pierced

Created

12yrs ago

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