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Dagger with Sheath; African, Namibia or Zimbabwe

Title: Dagger with Sheath
Artist: African, Namibia or Zimbabwe
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/1.57A&B
Medium and Support: iron or steel blade with wood handle and sheath
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Dagger-axe (Ko); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dagger-axe (Ko)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: ceremonial jade ge dagger-axe, pointed blade on one end and squared tang for hafting on the other. It was broken and mented in the middle. Traces of cinnabar, red mercury sulfide, remain on the jade surface, indicating it probably came from a Shang elite burial in China. The jade material was probably fire treated to create the bony look.
Century: 16th-12th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.119
Medium and Support: heat-treated jade
Primary Keywords: ritual; stone; weaponry

Dagger-axe (Ko); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dagger-axe (Ko)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1523 BCE -1028 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.118
Medium and Support: gray green nephrite jade
Primary Keywords: stone; weaponry

Decorative Detail: A Trophy with Military Attributes; Giuseppe Barberi

Title: Decorative Detail: A Trophy with Military Attributes
Artist: Giuseppe Barberi
Artist Life Dates: 1746-1809
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1746-1809
Accession Number: 1958/1.74
Medium and Support: brown ink and pen with ink wash
Primary Keywords: military; trophy; weaponry

Destruction of a Monastery, No. 6 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot; After

Title: Destruction of a Monastery, No. 6 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates: 1592/3-1635
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: after 1633
Accession Number: 1972/2.371
Medium and Support: Etching on paper
Primary Keywords: buildings; cart; horses; military; war; weaponry; weapons

Dévastation d'un monastère, No. 6 of Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre; Jacques Callot

Title: Dévastation d'un monastère, No. 6 of Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates: 1592/3-1635
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1633
Accession Number: 1977/1.174
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: arches; buildings; cart; death; fire; horses; soldiers; swords; trees; war; weaponry; weapons

Devimahatmya manuscript page: The Goddess Ambika fights a host of demons; Nepal

Title: Devimahatmya manuscript page: The Goddess Ambika fights a host of demons
Artist: Nepal
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1725
Accession Number: 1970/2.148
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Primary Keywords: cart; deity; demons; himalayan; horses; lions; weaponry; weapons; wheel

Dipa Lakshmi; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Dipa Lakshmi
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.34
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: deity; weaponry; weapons

Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.71
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: buffalo; deity; weaponry; weapons

Durga, seated in lalitasana, holding weapons and head of Buffalo Demon; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Durga, seated in lalitasana, holding weapons and head of Buffalo Demon
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.83
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: buffalo; deity; weaponry; weapons

Eight-armed Durga; Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Title: Eight-armed Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.87
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: deity; weaponry; weapons

Engineering Corps; Mathew Brady

Title: Engineering Corps
Artist: Mathew Brady
Physical Description: A group of soldiers stand and sit in a landscape; some face the camera while others are posed engaged in conversation. Behind them stand several tall trees and between them a tent with the flaps decorated with an American flag. Seated alone to the left is a young African-American man holding a broom.
Artist Life Dates: (active 1823 - 1892, )
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1861
Accession Number: 1978/2.31
Medium and Support: albumen print on paper
Primary Keywords: seated; soldiers; standing; tent; trees; weaponry; weapons

Execution Sword; African, Congo (Zaire), Ngombe

Title: Execution Sword
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Ngombe
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/1.63
Medium and Support: iron or steel blade with metal wrapped wood handle
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1974/1.142
Medium and Support: bronze with blue-green patina and brown encrustations
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1974/1.143
Medium and Support: bronze with shiny green patina and brown encrustations
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1974/1.144
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1974/1.178
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Ge (halberd); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ge (halberd)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: the ceremonial degger-axe replicate in jade a common bronze weapon of the Shang dynasty called ge. It has a wide blade with a sharp point at one end and a plain, rectangular tang on the other.
Object Creation Date: 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.110A&B
Medium and Support: green nephrite with mottling
Primary Keywords: stone; weaponry

Genesis 44:1-13; Peter van der Borcht

Title: Genesis 44:1-13
Artist: Peter van der Borcht
Artist Life Dates: 1540-1608
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1540-1608
Accession Number: 1930.3
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: buildings; genesis; horses; trees; weaponry; weapons

Halberd; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Halberd
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1974/1.155
Medium and Support: bronze wtih light green patina
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Jian (sword) with broken handle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Jian (sword) with broken handle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 3rd century BCE
Accession Number: 1981/2.72
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Jiandou (arrowhead); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Jiandou (arrowhead)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 5th - 3rd c BCE
Object Creation Date: 5th century BCE - 3rd century BCE
Accession Number: 1981/2.69
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Knife; African, Congo (Zaire), Zande?

Title: Knife
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Zande?
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Accession Number: 1983/1.358
Medium and Support: iron, brass and wood
Primary Keywords: edged weapons; knife; knives (weapons); weaponry; weapons

Knife with engraved pictographic decorations; Anonymous Eskimo

Title: Knife with engraved pictographic decorations
Artist: Anonymous Eskimo
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1880
Accession Number: 1984/1.255
Medium and Support: caribou antler with metal
Primary Keywords: animals; figures; weaponry

Knife with wooden scabbard; African, Southern Songye

Title: Knife with wooden scabbard
Artist: African, Southern Songye
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1985/2.123A-B
Medium and Support: iron, wood, copper and twine
Primary Keywords: knife; knives (weapons); scabbard; scabbards; songye; weaponry; weapons

La Fête de la Federation; Jean-Baptiste Huet

Title: La Fête de la Federation
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Huet
Artist Life Dates: 1745-1811
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1791
Accession Number: 1972/2.336
Medium and Support: silk
Primary Keywords: armor; horses; seated; stair; standing; weaponry; weapons

La Tentation de St. Antoine; Jacques Callot

Title: La Tentation de St. Antoine
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates: 1592/3-1635
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1635
Accession Number: 1972/1.162
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: bridges; buildings; cannonballs; demons; dragon; figures; weaponry; weapons; winged

Le Déserteur; Anonymous French

Title: Le Déserteur
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1785
Accession Number: 1972/2.338
Medium and Support: silk
Primary Keywords: battle; buildings; water; weaponry; weapons

Long Sword; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Long Sword
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 3rd-1st century BCE
Object Creation Date: late 3rd century BCE - 1st century BCE
Accession Number: 1964/2.87
Medium and Support: bronze with malachite patina
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Mahish-Asura-Mardini with four arms killing buffalo demon; Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Title: Mahish-Asura-Mardini with four arms killing buffalo demon
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.49
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: buffalo; weaponry; weapons

Mahishasuramardini with eight arms; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Mahishasuramardini with eight arms
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.50
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: buffalo; goddesses; gods; weaponry; weapons

Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Golden lion with gently curving tail and arched back. Each foot is capped with three intimidating claw-like nails. The lion is oriented as if stalking from left to right, but the head turns back inward towards the center, with a downward flowing mane.
Century: 19th Century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1982/2.18
Medium and Support: gold
Primary Keywords: lion; scabbard; sword; weaponry

Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass (Passage de Mont St. Bernard); Théodore Géricault

Title: Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass (Passage de Mont St. Bernard)
Artist: Théodore Géricault
Physical Description: This black and white print shows a winter mountain scene with steep snow covered peaks and a compound of buildings in the pass between them. There is a large crowd of soldiers, some on foot and some on horseback, who are gathered around their commander. He stands on a snowy rise and points to a friar who holds a basket of bread. Other friars walk among the foot soldiers to distribute bread. There is French writing below the scene that identifies the title, artist and publisher of the print.
Artist Life Dates: 1791-1824
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1822
Accession Number: 1986/2.80
Medium and Support: lithograph on cream wove paper
Primary Keywords: figures; mountains; napoleon; soldiers; weaponry; weapons

Ornament Print: Designs for Armorial Bearings (?); Antonio Lafreri

Title: Ornament Print: Designs for Armorial Bearings (?)
Artist: Antonio Lafreri
Artist Life Dates: 1512-1577
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1512-1577
Accession Number: 1960/1.121
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Primary Keywords: armor; battle; drums; eagles; flutes; head; horn; lions; males; metalwork; musical instruments; shield; violins; weaponry

Pallas (one of a set of three with Venus and Juno); Hendrick Goltzius

Title: Pallas (one of a set of three with Venus and Juno)
Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Artist Life Dates: 1558 - 1617
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1596
Accession Number: 1975/1.83
Medium and Support: engraving on laid paper
Primary Keywords: armor; musical instruments; seated; sword; venus; weaponry; weapons

Pillaging and burning of a Village, No. 7 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre; Jacques Callot

Title: Pillaging and burning of a Village, No. 7 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates: 1592/3-1635
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1633
Accession Number: 1972/2.359
Medium and Support: Etching on paper
Primary Keywords: battle; cart; cows; sheep; villages; war; weaponry; weapons

Plundering of a Farm, No. 5 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot

Title: Plundering of a Farm, No. 5 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates: 1592/3-1635
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1633
Accession Number: 1972/2.358
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: barrels (containers); battle; dishes; farm; figures; interiors; ladders; war; weaponry; weapons; women

Prestige Dagger and Sheath; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu or Zande

Title: Prestige Dagger and Sheath
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu or Zande
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/1.56A&B
Medium and Support: iron or steel blade with ivory handle
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Printed Cotton; Anonymous British

Title: Printed Cotton
Artist: Anonymous British
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1785
Accession Number: 1972/2.339
Medium and Support: printed cotton, sepia tone
Primary Keywords: cotton; horses; palm tree; weaponry; weapons

Ragamala series: Nata Ragini 3 (Battle scene); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School; Attributed to

Title: Ragamala series: Nata Ragini 3 (Battle scene)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1750
Accession Number: 1975/2.158
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Primary Keywords: battle; buildings; elephants; horses; trees; weaponry; weapons

Royal Sword; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Royal Sword
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900
Accession Number: 1985/2.56
Medium and Support: iron, wood and copper
Primary Keywords: edged weapons; kuba (democratic republic of congo); royalty; swords; weaponry

Saber with Sheath; African, Somalia

Title: Saber with Sheath
Artist: African, Somalia
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/1.127A&B
Medium and Support: metal blade and handle with metal covered wood sheath
Primary Keywords: weaponry

Shadows; Kerr Eby

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Title: Shadows
Artist: Kerr Eby
Artist Life Dates: 1889-1946
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1889-1936
Accession Number: 1936.1
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: bust-length; fishing; mine; portraits; soldiers; weaponry; weapons

Short Samurai Sword; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Short Samurai Sword
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1982/2.21
Medium and Support: steel blade with red lacquer scabbard and sharkskin handle
Primary Keywords: weaponry