art mobiliern.
/ˌɑː(t) məˈbiːlɪeɪ/, U.S. /ˌɑr(t) məˈbiljeɪ/ Archaeology.
Prehistoric decorated or carved portable objects; (also) art consisting of such objects.
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corporate art1971
1921 Man 21 185 Art mobilier..for instance, the little figures of men masked as chamois that were found engraved on a bâton de commandement of stag's horn at the rock-shelter Mège.
1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. x. 259 The famous art mobilier which is found together with the implements and other occupation material.
1991 Antiquity 65 982/1 The art mobilier , sometimes stratified into datable deposits and related to other bone technologies of the Late Paleolithic, may carry more archaeological information.
2005 Antiquity (Nexis) 79 5 This example of art mobilier was discovered in sealed archaeological deposits dated c. 4000 BP.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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