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Coloring of Spun Glass Figurines Attributed to Nevers—A Huge Variety of Composition Imposed by the Preparation Process

Heritage
For the first time, twenty spun polychrome glass figurines (considered as tangible cultural heritage objects) stylistically assigned to workshops of the city of Nevers from the 17th to 19th centuries have been analyzed at the Musée de la Faïence et des ...
Philippe Colomban, Gulsu Simsek-Franci, Marie-Lys Chevalier   +2 more
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
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Bull Figurine Head.

Bull Figurine ...
Sphakia Survey (17151405)
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A Clay Figurine from the Tatarskie Suksy Settlement

Поволжская археология, 2016
The authors introduce for a scientific discussion a clay anthropomorphic figurine discovered on the Tatarskie-Suksy settlement (Aktanysh District, Republic of Tatarstan) found during the archaeological surveys conducted in 2015.
Belyaev Aleksandr V. , Khusnutdinov Emil A.   +1 more
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Figurine: Gunston "Bobblehead" ca. 2005

, 2006
Figurine: 3" x 7.5" (7.6 cm x 19.1 cm)"Bobblehead" figurine of George Mason University mascot Gunston.
George Mason University
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Ambiguïté des jeux et jouets dans la culture matérielle du monde égéen aux âges du bronze moyen et récent

Kentron, 2018
The rich material cultures of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations rarely offer clear remains of toys or games for the period from the XXth to the XIIth century B.C., if we exclude athletic events depicted in various forms ...
Maia Pomadère
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Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper flaps were reintroduced at this time after their disappearance from medical atlases in the eighteenth century.
Margaret Carlyle, Marcia D. Nichols
wiley   +1 more source

Abraham Lincoln Georgia Marble Figurine

, 2023
The figurine features Abraham Lincoln sitting on a tree stump with his legs crossed at the ankles. His top hat rests on the ground beside him. At his feet, Lincoln is written. The figurine is blue and white. Its base features a maker stamp.

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Figurine head

, 1999
Figurine head; Excavated from Surface collection, Union Station area, Los Angeles, CA, 1989 ...

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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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