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Tents

Scope note

Use for collapsible shelters of canvas, skins, plastic, or other flexible and water-repellent material stretched and sustained by poles, usually secured by ropes to pegs in the ground.

This term has 2 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name

Getty AAT term number

30005694

Broader Terms used

demountable buildings

Narrower Terms used

yurts
tipis

Equivalent Terms used

tent

Created

12yrs ago

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