Términos

Equinos femeninos muy jóvenes.

Aparato de gimnasia con una forma cilíndrica, acolchado, semejante al caballo pero sin los arcos, que se usa únicamente para ejercicios de salto.

Instrumento de tortura, que consiste de un marco con aspecto de cama en el que la víctima era estirada girando dos rodillos amarrados a cada lado a sus muñecas y tobillos. Introducido a la torre de Londres cerca de 1420 por el duque de Exeter. Conocido coloquialmente como "la hija del duque de Exeter", fue utilizado para extraer confesiones e información incriminatoria. Equipos similares fueron conocidos en Irlanda en el siglo XVII y luego en Portugal.

Tamaño de papel que mide 15 por 12 1/2 pulgadas. Originalmente, este papel empleaba la marca de agua de una olla.

People who specialize in decorating pottery, which are objects made of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials.

The practice and technique of applying designs in pigment on pottery, which are objects made of hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials. Pottery painting is usually followed by firing of the pottery to make the design permanent.

Works comprising designs of scenes painted on pottery, which includes various objects made of hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials.

Recipiente ritual chino de bronce en forma de vaso utilizado para mantener el vino. Apareció entre los Erligang y el período de Anyang.

General term referring to domestic birds, including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, etc., which are raised for their flesh, eggs, or feathers, but usually excluding wild game birds.

General term for greenstone found on South Island, New Zealand. The term refers to any of three different types of stone: nephrite, bowenite, and serpentinite. Maori do not classify pounamu by geological origin, but by appearance according to color, markings, and translucency. There are many local names for different pounamu, but four main varieties are widely recognized: inanga, kahurangi, kawakawa, and tangiwai.

Stencils made of a relatively thin material, usually paper, onto which a linear design is drawn or printed, and holes pricked along the outlines to allow transfer of the design by applying a powder, also called "pounce," onto a surface beneath.

The standard unit of currency of the United Kingdom.

In avoirdupois measure, standardized units of weight and mass equal to 16 ounces (7000 grains, exactly 0.45359237 kg). The pound was originally made up of 12 ounces, as in the system of troy weight which is still used in stating the weight of precious metals.

Doctrina adoptada por ciertos pintores franceses del siglo XVIII enfatizando la importancia de la línea por sobre el color.

General name for many species belonging to three separate families of insects that have in common larvae that feed on and tunnel through seasoned wood, including furniture, wood floors, structural timbers, and lumber piles, often destroying the item. The name refers to the fact that the wood is converted to a fine powder.

Casters of metal, glass, or porcelain, having finely pierced or meshed openings, intended for sprinkling powdered sugar.

The act or process of reducing to powder, pulverization; in conservation science context refers to granular disintegration of stone and pigments.

The property of strength, influence, and dominance over others, which can be personal, political, or national.