Browse hierarchy

Class

Ceremonial Objects

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/12986 (opens semantic view)

Definition

Objects originally created for carrying on governmental, fraternal, religious, or other organized and sanctioned societal activities. Such objects are intended to evoke, symbolize, or express certain aspects of the traditions or heritage of a community or group of people. Usually, they are associated with rituals or ceremonies. This class includes: (1) any religious object, such as communion cups and altar pieces; note that personal devotional objects (such as religious medals or talismans) and religious symbols of office (such as vestments or crosiers) are classified under Personal Symbols; (2) any object used specifically in a ceremony concerned with a major personal event or crisis, such as birth, puberty, sickness, or death, or concerned with a community event or crisis, such as a harvest festival or the need for rain; and (3) any object, except for personal symbols, used in the ceremonial activities of a fraternity, lodge, club, governmental, or military organization, such as the pennant of a Girl Scout troop.

Definition source(s)

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International)

Ceremonial Objects

French

Term (International)

Objets cérémoniels

Spanish

Term

objetos ceremoniales

External term source

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online

Date created

2015-01-01

Date updated

2015-01-01

Bibliographic references for this class

Downloads

JSON-LD, Turtle or RDF/XML

URL

https://page.nomenclature.info/nom/12986 (reopens this page)

Exact matching concepts from other linked open data sources

Note: external sources may not have all data in both English and French.