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distaff

Summary

distaff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (418 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • distaff's image is recorded as Preslice.jpg[2].
  • distaff's GND ID is recorded as 4695462-4[3].
  • distaff's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85038506[4].
  • distaff's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 150951157[5].
  • distaff's subclass of is recorded as textile arts tool[6].
  • distaff's Commons category is recorded as Distaffs[7].
  • distaff's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06dlr9[8].
  • distaff's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300263795[9].
  • distaff's Iconclass notation is recorded as 47H311[10].
  • distaff's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • distaff's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/distaff[12].
  • distaff's FAST ID is recorded as 895455[13].
  • distaff's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as distaffs[14].
  • distaff's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 6949[15].
  • distaff's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007557957705171[16].
  • distaff's RKD thesaurus ID is recorded as 64949[17].
  • distaff's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03217127-n[18].
  • distaff's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as DISTAFF[19].
  • distaff's FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID is recorded as 96925[20].
  • distaff's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 2337[21].
  • distaff's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/81482bc1-af8a-473d-946d-1122cc9a5101[22].

Why It Matters

distaff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (418 views/month).[1] distaff has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] distaff is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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