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The Labors of Hercules: The Infant Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints); Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The Infant Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.61
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.43259
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; figures; figures (representations); iconography; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by family relationship; people by gender; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

Ritual Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon

Title: Ritual Staff
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
Century: Probably 20th century
Object Creation Date: probably 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/1.69
Medium and Support: carved wood
relevance: rank 3.38690
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; ceremonial weapons; man; objects; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Lease; Pierre Alechinsky

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Title: Lease
Artist: Pierre Alechinsky
Artist Life Dates: born 1927
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1970-1971
Accession Number: 1983/1.328.2
Medium and Support: pen and ink on laid paper
relevance: rank 3.37588
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; components; components and systems; components by specific context; drawings; drawings by technique; information form components; layout features; mammals; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; reptiles and amphibians; suns; text-based art; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Deer in a Deep Woods; Ralph Albert Blakelock

Title: Deer in a Deep Woods
Artist: Ralph Albert Blakelock
Physical Description: Landscape painting depicting trees with a solitary deer in the center of the canvas
Artist Life Dates: 1847-1919
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1862-1904
Accession Number: 1983/1.83
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 3.34696
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; buildings and the land; cultural landscapes; cultural landscapes by location or context; mammals; modern and contemporary art; natural landscapes; plants; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; wilderness; woods; woody plants

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: This is a brightly colored painting on a light background. It depicts a three- tiered scene with several figures, standing and kneeling, looking toward a central seated figure in the top tier. This male figure is seated in lotus position on a throne, decorated with colorful designs. To his left and right are attendants who fan him. In the middle tier, there is a nude man with long hair, a kneeling woman and a figure who is half-man and half-serpent. In the bottom tier, there are two kneeling men, wearing robes and headdresses, with hands pressed together and eyes gazing upward toward the main figure. They are surrounded by a tiger, a bird, an insect and a serpent.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.167
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 3.34557
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by activity; people by state or condition; physical activities; physical activities by general context; religious figures; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

Walu Antelope Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon

Title: Walu Antelope Mask
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1971
Accession Number: 1971/2.26
Medium and Support: wood, metal and pigment
relevance: rank 3.32059
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; costume; costume by function; descriptors; mammals; objects; objects we use; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; the natural world; woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques

Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace; Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant

Title: Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace
Artist: Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
Physical Description: This painting shows a scene set in a courtyard with high white walls that is open to the sky. Beyond the wall there is flowering vegetation, tall trees and a tower with a balustrade with keyhole shaped openings. There are two clay pots resting on top of the wall and an oriental style carpet hanging over one side. Within this courtyard, there are three women who are looking at two small leopards that wear metal chains and stand in a keyhole shaped opening of the far right wall. The women, grouped together on the far left side, are wearing 19th century Moroccan dress, including richly embroidered, garments, headscarves and shoes. There is bright sunlight streaming into the room which creates shadows on the walls and floor.
Artist Life Dates: 1845-1902
Century: Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1872-1902
Accession Number: 1895.99
Medium and Support: oil on panel
relevance: rank 3.31451
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architecture; building divisions; buildings; castles and palaces; components; components and systems; components by specific context; figures; locality; mammals; modern and contemporary art; palaces; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; plants; rooms and spaces; rooms and spaces by form; the natural world; uncovered spaces

Pike Decoy; Oscar Peterson

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Title: Pike Decoy
Artist: Oscar Peterson
Physical Description: Carved wooden decoy of a Pike fish; green along dorsal region with yellow underbelly, spots and flecks of yellow, white, and black.
Artist Life Dates: 1887 - 1951
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1928
Accession Number: 2002/1.216
Medium and Support: carved and painted wood and painted metal
relevance: rank 3.30231
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; descriptors; materials; materials by origin; object genres; object genres by function; objects we use; people and culture; plant material; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; wood and wood products

Shiva and his family; India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School

Title: Shiva and his family
Artist: India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Physical Description: In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1790-1800
Accession Number: 1942.4
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 3.29953
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; associated concepts; branches; groups of people; hindu; kinship groups; mammals; named gods and goddesses; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by family relationship; people by state or condition; religion; religions; social groups; social science concepts; social structure; sociological concepts; subject matter; tents; the natural world

Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg; Master AG

Title: Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg
Artist: Master AG
Artist Life Dates: (active 1475 - 1490)
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1482
Accession Number: 1984/2.42
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.29735
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; components; components and systems; components by specific context; edged weapon components; mammals; objects; objects we use; people and occupations; religion; staff weapon components; subject matter; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type; weapon components

Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: A nude monk on the top left sits before a Jina at top right. Three Hindu gods, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi venerate the Jina in the bottom registers.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.164
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 3.29273
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; document genres; document genres by conditions of production; information forms; legendary creatures; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people by state or condition; people in religion; people in religion and related occupations; people in the humanities; religious (people); the natural world

...A Fish Called Saw (...Un pez que llaman Sierra), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"; Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Title: ...A Fish Called Saw (...Un pez que llaman Sierra), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"
Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Artist Life Dates: 1902-2002
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1977
Accession Number: 1983/1.101.11
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 3.22633
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architecture; buildings and the land; descriptors; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; objects; objects we use; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by location or context; the natural world; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type; waterfront spaces; waterfronts and waterfront spaces; waterscapes

Devils Taking the Rich Man to Hell, No. 4 from the Series of 5 Prints "Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"; Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: Devils Taking the Rich Man to Hell, No. 4 from the Series of 5 Prints "Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1554
Accession Number: 1952/1.87
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.19405
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; associated concepts; construction equipment; doctrinal concepts; earthmoving equipment; equipment; equipment by process; hells; how we live; legendary creatures; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; plants; religion; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; rites of passage; shovels; subject matter; the natural world; tools and equipment

The Labors of Hercules: The Labors of Hercules: Cerberus (one of the set of 13 p; Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The Labors of Hercules: Cerberus (one of the set of 13 p
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.65
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.17864
Secondary Keywords: scale; allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; architecture; buildings and the land; cityscapes; clubs; figures; figures (representations); iconography; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; physical activities; physical activities by general context; settlements; settlements and landscapes; settlements by form; streets; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1971
Accession Number: 1971/2.40
Medium and Support: carved wood and patination
relevance: rank 3.16057
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; design elements; equipment; equipment by process; moving and transporting equipment; moving and transporting machinery; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; sculpture; sculpture by technique; the natural world; tools and equipment; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Standing Hornbill; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo

Title: Standing Hornbill
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/2.145
Medium and Support: brass
relevance: rank 3.15986
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; manding; metalwork; object genres; object genres by material; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; voltaic styles; west african styles; western sudanese styles

Reclining Bird; Henry Moore

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Title: Reclining Bird
Artist: Henry Moore
Artist Life Dates: (Castleford, England, 7/30/1898 - 8/31/1986, Hertforshire, England)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1927; cast 1949
Accession Number: 1981/2.85
Medium and Support: bronze with marble base
relevance: rank 3.14677
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; european; european styles and periods; figures; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; people and culture; people and occupations; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world

Rue de Vannes, Paris; James McNeill Whistler

Title: Rue de Vannes, Paris
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1892-1893
Accession Number: 1954/1.410
Medium and Support: etching, printed in black ink on laid Japanese tissue
relevance: rank 3.10981
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architectural elements; architecture; buildings and the land; components; components and systems; components by specific context; containers; containers by form; mammals; objects; objects we use; open spaces and site elements; openings (architectural elements); openings and opening components; openings by form; site elements; the natural world; windows and window components

The Labors of Hercules: The Cerynean Hind (one of the set of 13 prints); Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The Cerynean Hind (one of the set of 13 prints)
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.73
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.08355
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; buildings and the land; clothing; costume; costume by form; descriptors; figures; figures (representations); geography; iconography; inorganic material; landform components; landforms and landform components; landscapes (environments); mammals; materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; objects; objects we use; outerwear; people and occupations; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type; waterscapes

8th Illustration from Twelve Illustrations of Fragments [VIIIe Cahier, Douze Cahier des Fragments]; Gilles Demarteau; After Huet

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Title: 8th Illustration from Twelve Illustrations of Fragments [VIIIe Cahier, Douze Cahier des Fragments]
Artist: Gilles Demarteau
Physical Description: Swirled flowers all around creating a border, various birds flying.
Artist Life Dates: 1729-1776
Century: 18th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.571
Medium and Support: Lavis-manner engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.07876
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures

The Labors of Hercules: The Pillars of Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints); Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The Pillars of Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.72
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.07869
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; architecture; associated concepts; clothing; figures; iconography; mammals; objects; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; physical activities; physical activities by general context; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; sailing vessels; sailing vessels by size; ships; the natural world; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by method of propulsion; watercraft by specific type

The Snake Charmer; Oskar Kokoschka

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Title: The Snake Charmer
Artist: Oskar Kokoschka
Physical Description: Geometrically patterned composition with bright saturated colors composed of a central female figure with mermaid’s tail and bright red mane of hair; skull-headed figure at left with guitar; two green monster-like figures in upper right quadrant; two black fish with blue eyes near center.
Artist Life Dates: 1886 - 1980
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1907-1908
Accession Number: 2000/2.180
Medium and Support: tempera on wove paper
relevance: rank 3.05704
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; european; european styles and periods; figures; genres; legendary creatures; mermaids; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; religion; reptiles and amphibians; sound devices; sound devices by function; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; subject matter; the natural world

Bird Shaped Whistle; Anonymous South American

Title: Bird Shaped Whistle
Artist: Anonymous South American
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1987/1.291
Medium and Support: stone?
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Verdure; Anonymous Flemish (Oudenarde, Enghien)

Title: Verdure
Artist: Anonymous Flemish (Oudenarde, Enghien)
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1540-1550
Accession Number: 1942.8
Medium and Support: wool and silk
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Untitled; Anonymous Spanish

Title: Untitled
Artist: Anonymous Spanish
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1650
Accession Number: 1942.11
Medium and Support: velvet with silk applique
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Horse; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Horse
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.260
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; mammals

Ayu (Trout); Hamaguchi Yôzô

Title: Ayu (Trout)
Artist: Hamaguchi Yôzô
Artist Life Dates: (1909 - 2000)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1957-1960
Accession Number: 1960/2.56
Medium and Support: mezzotint on paper
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Fish Pendant—Arc form (recarved from disc segment?); one contour edge rounded and one flat, split tail bevelled from both. Surfaces identical in design: single incised lines marking eyes and double incised lines marking head and straited fins. Traces of red powder in incisions and small patches of incrusted earth.; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Fish Pendant—Arc form (recarved from disc segment?); one contour edge rounded and one flat, split tail bevelled from both. Surfaces identical in design: single incised lines marking eyes and double incised lines marking head and straited fins. Traces of red powder in incisions and small patches of incrusted earth.
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 16th century BCE - 6th century BCE
Accession Number: 1973/2.31
Medium and Support: nephrite
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Covered Box; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Covered Box
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1967/2.13
Medium and Support: jade
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Folk Garuda; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Folk Garuda
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.71
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Beauties ina Treasure Boat (Bijin takarabune) [Left-hand Sheet of a triptych]; Hosoda Eishi

Title: Beauties ina Treasure Boat (Bijin takarabune) [Left-hand Sheet of a triptych]
Artist: Hosoda Eishi
Artist Life Dates: 1756 - 1829
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1948/1.188
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper, one of triptych
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Caparisoned horse; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Caparisoned horse
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: late 5th c -early 6th c
Object Creation Date: 581-618
Accession Number: 1969/2.139
Medium and Support: earthenware with traces of polychrome
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; mammals

Bird; Anonymous South American

Title: Bird
Artist: Anonymous South American
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1987/1.290
Medium and Support: stone?
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

White egret in rain; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: White egret in rain
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1935
Accession Number: 1982/1.205
Medium and Support: woodblock print, embossed image on paper
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Figure and Bird; J. Lorquand

Title: Figure and Bird
Artist: J. Lorquand
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1968/1.90
Medium and Support: color lithograph with oil pastel and graphite on paper
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Bull; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Bull
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.71
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; mammals

Metal and enamel figural decorated pendant with attached necklace set with small pearls and 18 diamond chips; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Metal and enamel figural decorated pendant with attached necklace set with small pearls and 18 diamond chips
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1875-1912
Accession Number: 1968/1.53
Medium and Support: metal, enamel and diamond
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Wisteria and swallows; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: Wisteria and swallows
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1926
Accession Number: 1930.68
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Lime Stick with Bird; Artist Unknown, Peruvian, Chancay

Title: Lime Stick with Bird
Artist: Artist Unknown, Peruvian, Chancay
Century: 11th-13th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1000-1200
Accession Number: 1981/2.63
Medium and Support: bone
relevance: rank 3.04454
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world

Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius; Anonymous Italian

Title: Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Accession Number: 1895.10
Medium and Support: bronze on marble base
relevance: rank 3.03692
Secondary Keywords: ancient italian periods; ancient italian styles and periods; animals; animals and creatures; early western world; mammals; mediterranean; monarchs; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in government and administration; rulers (people); sculpture by material; sculpture by subject type; statues; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance; Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh

Title: Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on the serpent Ananta (“the endless one”), resting on the surface of the cosmic ocean. As his female consort gently strokes his leg, Vishnu awakens from a long sleep. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, who will begin a new cycle of the universe.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.305
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
relevance: rank 3.03551
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; geography; hindu; image-making processes and techniques; information artifacts; information artifacts by physical form; information forms; named gods and goddesses; objects we use; painting and painting techniques; painting techniques; painting techniques by medium; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religion; religions; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; subject matter; the natural world

The Labors of Hercules #13: Cacus; Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: The Labors of Hercules #13: Cacus
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.63
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.03509
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; buildings and the land; clubs; figures; figures (representations); geography; iconography; landform components; landforms and landform components; landscapes (environments); mammals; natural landscapes; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

Anklet in the form of a stylized bird; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi

Title: Anklet in the form of a stylized bird
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1986
Accession Number: 1986/1.196
Medium and Support: aluminum
relevance: rank 3.01691
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; animals; animals and creatures; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; gur-speaking peoples styles; jewelry; jewelry by location; jewelry worn on legs and feet; objects; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; west african styles; western sudanese styles

The Labors of Hercules: The River-god Achelous (one of the set of 13 prints); Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The River-god Achelous (one of the set of 13 prints)
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.67
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.01252
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; associated concepts; cityscapes; events; figures; figures (representations); geography; how we live; iconography; objects; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; personal life events; physical activities; physical activities by general context; plants; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; reptiles; rites of passage; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

Study of Sheep and Horses (recto) A Cow and a Landscape (verso); J. Cole

Title: Study of Sheep and Horses (recto) A Cow and a Landscape (verso)
Artist: J. Cole
Artist Life Dates: 1837-1892
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1837-1892
Accession Number: 1970/2.69
Medium and Support: black crayon, heightened with white
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not taken from the original stone): saddled horse facing right, left legs raised; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not taken from the original stone): saddled horse facing right, left legs raised
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1991/2.29.2
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world