Pitt Rivers Museum - University of Oxford
Process Thesaurus
TThis is the list of processes by which objects are made used by the Pitt Rivers Museum in its artefact databases:
Appliqué
Basketry
Batik Resist Dyed
Beadwork
Beaten
Bent
Blunted
Bound
Braided
Brocaded Woven
Burnished
Burnt
Carpentered
Carved
Cast
Caulked
Chequer
Chequer Plaited
Chequer Woven
Chip Carved
Clamped
Cloisonné Enamelled
Coiled
Coiled Handbuilt
Collage
Cooked
Covered
Crocheted
Cutwork
Damascened
Decorated
Double Woven
Drawn
Dried
Drilled
Dyed
Embossed
Embroidered
Enamelled
Etched
Faceted
False-Embroidered
Felted
Filigree
Finger Woven
Fire-Hardened
Flaked
Fletched
Forged (Metal)
Framed
Gauze Woven
Gilded
Glazed
Glued
Granulated
Grooved
Ground
Guimped
Haired
Hammered
Handbuilt
Hollowed
Ikat Resist Dyed
Imbricated
Impressed
Incised
Industrial
Inlaid
Inscribed
Jointed
Kilim Woven
Knitted
Knotted
Lacquered Varnished
Looped
Lost Wax Cast
Machine-made
Maiolica Glazed
Modelled
Moulded
Mummified
Nailed
Needle-Lace
Needlepoint
Negative Painted
Netted
Niello
Notched
Openwork
Openwork Woven
Openwork Plaited
Overlay
Padded
Painted
Patchwork
Pecked
Peeled
Pegged
Perforated
Pinched
Plaited
Plangi Resist Dyed
Plated
Plugged
Polished
Printed
Punched
Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Quillwork
Quilted
Recycled
Repaired (local)
Repoussé
Resist Dyed
Retouched
Riveted
Rolled
Sawn
Scraped Carved
Scrimshaw Carved
Seersucker
Sgraffito
Shredded
Skeuomorph
Slipped
Smelted
Smoked
Socketed
Soldered
Split
Sprang Plaited
Spun
Stained
Stamped
Stapled
Stencilled
Stitched
Stretched
Struck
Strung
Stuffed
Supplementary Warp Woven
Supplementary Weft Woven
Tapestry Woven
Thrown
Tie Resist Dyed
Tied
Tooled
Transfer
Tubular Drilled
Tubular Woven
Turned
Twill
Twill Plaited
Twill Woven
Twined Woven
Twisted
Varnished
Veneered
Waterproofed
Wedged
Welded
Wicker Woven
Wound
Woven
Written
Wrought
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