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- Title
- Netsuke of demon hiding under a straw hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 1.91513
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Arnold Tholinx, Inspector, after Rembrandt
- Artist
- Pierre François Basan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1723-1797
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1723-1797
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.23
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.91396
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- biological components
- clothing
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Apollyon
- Artist
- William Blake
- Physical Description
- Drawing of militaristic angels approaching two men fighting at sea. One angels holds a bow and above and to the right are three more angels carrying clouds. On the left of the image is a serpent curled around a tree.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1757-1827
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1757-1827
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.209
- Medium and Support
- graphite on white paper
- relevance
- rank 1.91396
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- events
- natural events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plants
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- reptiles and amphibians
- serpents
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Two men on a camel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur
- Physical Description
- Three main figures (two men and the camel they are riding) are brought to the foreground because of the contrast between their light colors against the stark green hill. The hill dominates the background leaving only a little bit of blue sky visible in the top corners. Underneath the main figures a secondary white dog and rabbit are also prominent.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.246
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.91396
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- animals and creatures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- layout features
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)
- Artist
- India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
- Physical Description
- Ink, watercolor and gold on paper. Central figure, Vishnu with devotees on his right and left. Male figures are located on the left side of Vishnu and the female figures on the right. The animals are depicted on the lower half of the portrait which goes with traditional hierarchical beliefs. The tiger is on the left and the elephant on the right.
- Century
- late 17th - early 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.111
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.91141
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- layout features
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Porcelain Inkwell with flowers and butterfly and rounded corners
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A porcelain inkwell with rounded corners. Painted flowers and butterflies decorate the base and the lid. The flowers are blue while the butterfly is gold.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.268
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, metal
- relevance
- rank 1.90903
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- insects
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1290
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.10
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 1.90793
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- document genres by function
- food
- information forms
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
- vessels
- Title
- The Blindness of Tobit: The Larger Plate
- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Artist Life Dates
- 1606-1669
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1651
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.310
- Medium and Support
- etching with gray wash on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.90735
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- mammals
- man
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- the natural world
- tools
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- Title
- Zen eccentric contemplating a fish
- Artist
- Kanô Tsunenobu
- Physical Description
- A shabbily dressed figure holds out at arm’s length a small fish. He is completely focused on his catch, and his mouth almost seems to drool. The face, hands, and feet are sketched in a deliberately simplistic way, while the costume is drawn with only a few swift slashes of the brush, and the strokes bleed into each other.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1636 - 1713)
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 17th century - early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.105
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.90646
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buddhism
- chinese buddhism
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- japanese buddhism
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Purple silk damask (rinzu) in T-paper pattern (sayagata), bokashi dyed so that the shoulders are a darker purple than the lower half of the haori. Woven designs of phoenixes, paulownia, cranes, chysanthemums, etc., incorporate metallic threads. Lining is orange and white silk. There are purple and white kumihimo (a kind of cord) with tassels.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1939
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.355
- Medium and Support
- purple silk damask with woven designs
- relevance
- rank 1.90646
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- legendary creatures
- main garments
- main garments for the upper body
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
![Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]; Kawano Kaoru](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.25/1998_2.25.JPG?back=back1339321969;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=1631;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1621;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=animals){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]
- Artist
- Kawano Kaoru
- Physical Description
- This print, as the title indicates, portrays woodpeckers percehed on the side of a tree.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1916 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.25
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.90070
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- heads
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- the human body
- upper body
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- wood and wood products
- woody plants
- Title
- Eve Tempted by the Serpent
- Artist
- Defendente Ferrari
- Physical Description
- A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1500-1535
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1520-1525
- Accession Number
- 1967/1.38
- Medium and Support
- tempera on panel
- relevance
- rank 1.90054
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bible
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by function
- europe (continent)
- food
- fruit
- geographic and political locations
- information forms
- italy (nation)
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- old testament
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- religious texts
- reptiles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Soaring Birds (oiseaux au fulgurant)
- Artist
- Georges Braque
- Physical Description
- The print features two birds soaring, their beaks almost touching. They are encircled by a ring, reminiscent of a window.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.107
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 1.89991
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Indian Bronze Ganesha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.270
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.89466
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 4#
- Artist
- John T. Scott
- Physical Description
- Two pieces of artwork consist of colorful shapes and lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1940-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.186.3-4
- Medium and Support
- gouache on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.89100
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- form attributes
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- St. Jerome Reading
- Artist
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1591-1652
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.129
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.89100
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals
- descriptors
- mammals
- man
- man on horseback
- materials
- materials by origin
- men on horseback
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religious figures
- saint
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- the natural world
- Title
- Order Coal Now - United States Fuel Administration
- Artist
- Joseph Christian Leyendecker
- Artist Life Dates
- b. Germany, 1874-1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.58A
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.89034
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- armed conflicts
- construction equipment
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- earthmoving equipment
- equipment
- equipment by process
- events
- figures
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- leaves
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- shovels
- text-based art
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- transportation
- vehicles
- war
- world wars
- Title
- Un Seigneur De Temps De Francois
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix
- Physical Description
- Paper size: lh 28 9/10cm & rh 28 7/10cm x tw 22 3/5cm & bw 22 1/2cm. Print/japan paper size: lh 17 4/5cm & rh 18 1/10cm x tw 13 3/10cm & bw 13 2/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1798-1863
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.378
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on laid Japan paper chiné colle on wove plate paper
- relevance
- rank 1.88884
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- engraving (printing process)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- mammals
- objects we use
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
![Untitled [Owls]; Kawano Kaoru](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.29/1998_2.29.JPG?back=back1339321969;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=1639;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1621;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=animals){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Owls]
- Artist
- Kawano Kaoru
- Physical Description
- This print portrays an owl in a more abstract way.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1916 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.29
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.88838
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- relief printing processes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Netsuke of the Daoist immortal Gama Sennin with a three-legged toad on his back
- Artist
- Masatsugu
- Artist Life Dates
- active 19th c.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.32
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.88838
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Springtime
- Artist
- John Costigan
- Physical Description
- In the middle of a wooded setting is a woman carrying a child on her back. A few sheep surround her, with a lamb in the center left foreground. A boy stands at the right side of the composition. The trees and the clothing of the figures are mostly in shadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1888-1972
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.175
- Medium and Support
- drypoint and etching on cream-colored paper
- relevance
- rank 1.88834
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- youth
- Title
- Garcon donnant l'avione a un cheval detele
- Artist
- Théodore Géricault
- Physical Description
- A young boy holds a grain sack for a horse, tethered to a cart, in an expansive landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1791-1824
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.207
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.88499
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- planographic prints
- positives
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg (Elderly Couple Feeding Birds)
- Artist
- Louis Stettner
- Physical Description
- An elderly couple seated on a park bench with pigeons at their feet. There is a close-up of a hand on the left hand side that is feeding a white pigeon, mid-air.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Object Creation Date
- printed 1998
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.294
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.88485
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- multiple-seating furniture
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and culture
- seating furniture
- Title
- Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- bronze mirror with highly polished surface, back side deocrated with lions and grape motif and an animal shaped knob in the center.
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.74
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with black patina
- relevance
- rank 1.88435
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- grape (fruit)
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Geese and Reeds (two of a pair)
- Artist
- Ki-hun Yang
- Physical Description
- A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. A goose swoops into the scene from the top left, while the neck of the grounded goose follows a graceful curve to look at the approaching bird. The swaying reeds and grass around the grounded goose add lightness to the composition. Between the two geese are three lines of calligraphy.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1843 - 1898)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.488.2
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.88333
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Geese and Reeds (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Ki-hun Yang
- Physical Description
- A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. The goose is the water has its head turned to watch the descent of the goose flying in from the right. The upper left corner contains calligraphic text, and creating ripples in the water in the foreground is a goose with its head below the surface, and bottom in the air. Reeds come in from the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1843-1898
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.488.1
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.88333
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Horse and Covered Cart
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A pottery sculpture of a horse and the makings of a cart.
- Century
- 200 B.C. - 220 A.D.
- Object Creation Date
- 200 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.180
- Medium and Support
- unglazed pottery
- relevance
- rank 1.88197
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- service and utility vehicles
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Kubera, god of wealth, seated on a lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature, cast bronze sculpture of Kubera, the god of wealth, seated sideways on a lion. Kubera sits in the lalitasana pose (the pose of royal ease, with one leg drawn up and the other relaxed); his right hand is outstretched to rest on the knee, while his left arm is akimbo and his hand rests on his hip. The base has a simple, single lotus petal design.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.155
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 1.88006
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Barber's basin with birds and vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This oval-shaped ceramic vessel features a wide, steep rim surrounding a large well in the center. The scalloped edges of the rim are cut back into a deep semicircle on one side. The rim is painted in underglaze blue and yellow with plant and floral motifs that are arranged in a whimsical, asymmetrical fashion around the edge. The well is decorated with similar vegetal motifs and two vaguely stork-like birds with long legs that confront one another on a strip of turf.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.39
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with yellow and blue underglaze
- relevance
- rank 1.87842
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- earthenware
- european
- european styles and periods
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- pottery (object genre)
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Whistle (nsiba)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Two components make up this vertical whistle. The superstructure is a wooden carving of two birds that face each other, bellies touching, with a small round object between them, so that each is holding it in their beaks. The birds' talons clutch the base of the sculpture. The base has a hole in the center into which the antelope horn is pegged.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.181
- Medium and Support
- wood, antelope horn
- relevance
- rank 1.87828
- Secondary Keywords
- aerophones
- analytical functions
- animals and creatures
- disciplines
- duct flutes
- flutes (aerophones)
- forest and nature activities
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by general context
- objects we use
- occult sciences
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Okada Masatoyo
- Physical Description
- The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1789
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.6
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 1.87772
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- earth sciences concepts
- edged weapon components
- legendary creatures
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weapon components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Plum Blossoms and Bird
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.192
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.87756
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Belt Ornament in the Form of a Ram's Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.212
- Medium and Support
- glass beads, shells and leather
- relevance
- rank 1.87749
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- design elements
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- mammals
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects
- objects we use
- ornamental
- sheep
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Monkeys by a Waterfall (pair with 1986/2.61.2)
- Artist
- Mori Sosen
- Physical Description
- Two monkeys are seen at the base of a waterfall. They are painted in soft shades of gray and sit among plants. The monkey on the right fidgits with its hands, while the other looks over its shoulder at the waterfall.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1807-1821
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.61.1
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.87683
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- components of bodies of water
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- Title
- The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1815
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.27
- Medium and Support
- paint on canvas
- relevance
- rank 1.87562
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- plants
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Box with Double-Dragon Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Lacquered wooden box with inlaid mother-of-pearl in double-dragon design. The heads of each dragon stretch diagonally inward from opposite corners of the box, with wide eyes and open mouths. Their bodies curve in and out of the top plane of the box, creating an opposing effect with symmetrical balance. The dragons reach forward towards a flaming orb in the center of the box, called a cintamani, or Buddhist wish-granting jewel. Among the dragons are swirling cloud designs made of inlaid nacre and copper wire.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.8
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, and copper wire inlays
- relevance
- rank 1.87509
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plant material
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Molded porcelain snuff bottle with openwork design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.131
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with copper red glaze, silver and sapphire stopper
- relevance
- rank 1.87482
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- forming
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
![Ville d'Avray: Boatman's Pond (Evening) [Ville d'Avray: L'Etang du Batelier (Effet du Soir)]; Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.86/1949_1.86.JPG?back=back1339321969;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=1658;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1621;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=animals){kind=link}
- Title
- Ville d'Avray: Boatman's Pond (Evening) [Ville d'Avray: L'Etang du Batelier (Effet du Soir)]
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Physical Description
- The upper half of the picture is the sky, Corot's signature mark in the upper right corner. There are two trees with little foliage extending from the lower left corner up to the top of the image. To the right of those trees is the boat with a hunched figure sitting on the left side. A cow is on the other side of the boat, facing the right side of the image. There are trees with a lot of foliage in the center of the right half of the image just above the cow. There is grass all along the bottom edge of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1862
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.86
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.87459
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- Title
- Altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.359
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 1.87253
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- sheep
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Hen with the Golden Eggs
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Physical Description
- Paper size: lh 42cm & rh 41 4/5cm x tw 33cm & bw 33 1/2cm. Plate size: h 31 1/2cm x w 25 1/2cm. Image size: lh 29 1/2cm & rh 29 2/5cm x tw 23 9/10cm & bw 23 7/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.415
- Medium and Support
- etching, engraving and drypoint on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.87076
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals and creatures
- birds
- descriptors
- egg and egg components
- engraving (printing process)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- materials
- materials by origin
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- General Pedro Altamirano
- Artist
- Armando Morales
- Physical Description
- Four armed men stand in front of a building. One man is kneeling with a machine gun on a tripod. Two dogs and a horse are with them.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.96.4
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.87064
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- firearms
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- small arms
- small arms by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.38
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 1.87064
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- devotional images
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- reptiles
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Scholar with Roosters
- Artist
- Ren Yi (Jen I)
- Physical Description
- This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar site with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:
- Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian
- There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1896
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860-1896
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.67
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.86827
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians
- Artist
- Takahashi Hiroaki
- Physical Description
- A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1921
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.111
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.86782
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume by form
- earth sciences concepts
- main garments
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Asura head, style of Angkor Thom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1175-1240
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.20
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 1.86626
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- ear ornaments
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on the head
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Geese Landing on Sandbars
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.142
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.86419
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- L'Innocent, from "Portfolio of 11 Photographs"
- Artist
- Robert Doisneau
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912-1994
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1949; printed 1979
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.167.9
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.86399
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- calves
- clothing
- commercial buildings
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures
- how we live
- mammals
- mercantile buildings
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- people and occupations
- rites of passage
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- streets
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Beauty under Cherry Blossoms
- Artist
- Hosoda Eishi
- Physical Description
- This is a portrait of a courtesan and her two attendants. The courtesan wears a red cloak with a peacock flying over peonies and a pale green color kimono with “shippô” (seven treasures) pattern. Her green obi, tied in the front, has design of red and blue clouds with gold plants. She is turning away from a viewer to show the gorgeous cloak. Her hair is sculpted in a butterfly shape on the top and has wings to the side. Tortoise-shell combs and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. Her two attendants flank the courtesan; they wear matching, dark green kimono with chrysanthemum flower design and red underkimono. Their kimono have especially long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Their obi are in brocade and tied on their backs. Their hair is sculpted in round shape on their tops and has side wings like the courtesan. They wear silver hair accessories of cherry blossoms and tassels, long hairpins and red silk ribbons. The attendant on the left holds a battledore pad and the right attendant holds a ball. All the women wear black platform sandals. There is a cherry tree in full blossom on the right, from which some petals fall on the women and the ground. There are the artist’s signature and seal on the lower right corner. It has mounting of beige silk and two strips of floral pattern brocade on the top and bottom of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756-1829
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1810
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.180
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.86399
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- deciduous trees
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- plants
- prostitutes
- recreational artifacts
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- youth
- Title
- Pipe holder in the form of Ashinaga and crab-shaped tobacco pouch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1810-1849
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.42
- Medium and Support
- bone and stag antler
- relevance
- rank 1.86347
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- crustaceans
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- keratinous material
- leaf (plant material)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with design of magpies, camellia & bamboo, Chongzheng era
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th–18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 1628-1644
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.82
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting and incised designs
- relevance
- rank 1.86177
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- plant material
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants