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Picture puzzles

Scope note

Puzzles consisting usually of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard or wood that when fitted together form complete pictures; historically, the images would not include maps nor would they purport to have an educational emphasis. For similar puzzles of maps, with an educational function, popular from the mid-18th to the early 19th century, use "dissected maps." For puzzles with tightly interlocking pieces made with a jig or jigsaw, use "jigsaw puzzles."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000211676

Broader Terms used

dissection puzzles

Term used for

puzzles, picture

Equivalent Terms used

picture puzzle

Created

13yrs ago

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