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- Title
- Throwing Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bandja
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.87
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with leather grip
- relevance
- rank 14.65202
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Throwing Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Brazzaville), Baya-Bumali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.115
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 14.65202
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Sword, ornament, and scabbard
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The sword is long and slightly curved; the metal smith's name is engraved on the metal handle. The scabbard is painted with black laquer with image of samurai and cherry tree. He wears a jacket, pants, a straw hat and a sword, holding a brush, possibly writing a poem on a piece of paper hanging from the tree. The figure and tree are painted with rose-color and gold laquer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.88
- Medium and Support
- forged steel, lacquer, and gold
- relevance
- rank 14.59093
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- sheaths
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Rama, classical pose of the God who carries a quiver of arrows across right shoulder
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.60
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.49361
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A stylized animal head, with an elongated open mouth and horizontally positioned, flat ears, sits atop a staff with decorative carvings along the shaft.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.25
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 14.44057
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- ceremonial weapons
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- head
- objects
- objects we use
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Folk archer
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.72
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.35141
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Brass Knife with Sheath
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A long knife with a brass handle and its sheath. A dark brown rope is tied to the sheath, which has etched designs decorating it.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.8
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 14.34188
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Ragamala: Vighasa Ragini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- Late 18th-Early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.294
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.33816
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Portrait of Raja Sidhu, Sen of Mandi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Mandi, Himechal Predesh
- Physical Description
- A man sits on a striped surface with his legs crossed under his red clothing. He wears a white sash across his right shoulder and a red hat. In his hands he holds a sheathed sword.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.26
- Medium and Support
- painting
- relevance
- rank 14.29690
- Secondary Keywords
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Asesinato del General Sandino detras del Viejo Campo de Aviacion
- Artist
- Armando Morales
- Physical Description
- Three kneeling men are being executed by soldiers. The soldiers are wearing masks and holding guns.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.96.7
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.25124
- Secondary Keywords
- events
- firearms
- 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
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bandja
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.107
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 14.12516
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- equipment
- equipment by process
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Protective Amulet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Physical Description
- Plaque in the form of a snarling lion's face holding a double-edged "severn star" (here only three of the seven stars are depicted as large dots connected by lines) sword in its mouth and ornamented with a red octagon containing the characters for "daqi" surrounded by eight trigrams on its forehead.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.44
- Medium and Support
- polychrome on wood
- relevance
- rank 14.10911
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Elaborately carved staff with, from the top: a male figure wearing Western-style clothes, with painted eyes, eyebrows, mouth, moustache, hat and clothes, sitting on a simple stool, resting his hands on his knees; a U-shaped snake on one side and a mortar on the other; a pair of a male and a female figure on either side (the male is standing on one leg, bending the other at the knee to make a triangle); a dark black spherical form; a row of three turtles on one side and two salamanders and a frog on the other; and finally three outstretched snakes (painted yellow, brown and red, respectively), one of them eating a small frog.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.42
- Medium and Support
- wood, paint
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Janus heads with elaborate headgear top a staff with a long, thin shaft and broader hourglass-shaped sections with a stylized human head in the middle of each one. The staff is covered with carved geometrical patterns of triangles, lozenges and lines, and ends in a metal-coiled tip at the bottom; it is heavy and has a shiny black patina.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1940
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.75
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- ceremonial weapons
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- objects
- objects we use
- the human body
- upper body
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Smooth staff, topped by a standing, slightly elongated, rectangular male figure with angular curves at the elbows and buttocks and the hands held in front of the stomach, just below the navel (the left arm is damaged). The big feet are carved as one piece, with small incisions for the individual toes.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.47
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Short stick with a dark shiny patina, topped by a standing, male figure, wearing a European-style suit and brimmed hat, carrying a small box in his hands; followed by a standing female figure, unclothed, carrying a child on her back. Below are smaller figures, on either side respectively: a keeling figure, a turtle, and a bird; a brid, a turtle, a ram's horn and an ornamental motif, possibly a cross.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.64
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- 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 14.07573
- 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
- Gunner Loading Ammunition, 1941-45
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A gunman loads multiple rounds of ammunition into a large firearm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.70
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.94936
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Two carved female figures, holding one arm over each other's back, an the other resting on the stomach decorated with lozenge motifs and scarification patterns; one figure is wearing a rope around the middle. A curving shaft supports the figures, broadening from the metal tip at the bottom into two bulging forms, divided by a dark black line through the middle, and covered in a carved pattern of triangles and lines on both front and back. The staff is heavy, with a nice shiny patina.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1940
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.76
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 13.89101
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Classical scene (Achilles and Hector?)
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- This black and white drawing depicts an outdoor classical scene. In the center of the composition a nude male figure donning an ornate helmet and brandishing a sword drags a lifeless classically draped figure before an altar on the left on top of which rests armor, a helmet and drapery. Behind this altar is positioned another draped male figure. A fully draped figure points toward two mourning female figures in the right midground. The paper is squared for transfer.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1770-1800
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.204
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink over graphite, heightened with black and white chalk over Stylus (?) on medium buff wove paper, squared for transfer
- relevance
- rank 13.80499
- Secondary Keywords
- aegean
- aegean periods
- early western world
- edged weapons
- figures (representations)
- greek
- mediterranean
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Two Scenes of Armies Fighting
- Artist
- Hans Burgkmair
- Physical Description
- This woodcut features a multitude of armored figures, some of which are on horseback, engaged in a battle with swords and lances in a hilly countryside. Two cannons are arranged on the lower right in the foreground and one cannon is being manipulated by a figure in the lower left corner of the composition. Various flags are included in the image including one with a Burgundian cross. In the distance of the scene there is a walled town with mountains positioned behind it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1473-1531
- Object Creation Date
- early 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.179
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 13.79946
- Secondary Keywords
- ammunition
- ammunition for artillery
- armed conflicts
- events
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin, Toma
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.85
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 13.77733
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonial weapons
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- equipment
- equipment by process
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- tools and equipment
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Stone sword (point broken)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Stone sword with broken point. Short in length
- Century
- 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.117
- Medium and Support
- gray stone
- relevance
- rank 13.76920
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- weapons and ammunition
- 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 13.75714
- 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
- Tsuba (sword guard) with incised flame design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Two holes in the middle. Flame-like incision all over the piece. Silver is applied around the center hole.
- Century
- Late 16th-Early 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 16th century - early 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.101
- Medium and Support
- Shakudô (copper-gold alloy)
- relevance
- rank 13.70314
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- design elements
- edged weapon components
- edged weapons
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- objects we use
- weapon components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Throwing knife
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Zande
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.149
- Medium and Support
- engraved and hand-forged iron and fiber
- relevance
- rank 13.57737
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- fiber and fiber products
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- knives
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Knife with Sheath
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Algeria, Berber?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.129A&B
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle trimmed in metal and fabric covered leather sheath
- relevance
- rank 13.54769
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.49
- Medium and Support
- ema, ink and color on wood panel
- relevance
- rank 13.52531
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- edged weapons
- mammals
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A slightly curved staff, topped by a long, narrow handle, placed atop a carved human head, with simple hairdo and facial feautures. The shaft is covered by a snake coiling upward from the lower end of the staff.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.67
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 13.47376
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- 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 13.46133
- 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
- Title
- Standing Man with Sword
- Artist
- Anonymous English
- Physical Description
- The back of a man in colonial military wear, sword on his side. He is looking to the left, wearing a hat.
- Century
- 17th - early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.567
- Medium and Support
- red crayon on heavy laid paper
- relevance
- rank 13.39951
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- armed forces
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- edged weapons
- headgear
- objects we use
- organizations
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
- Artist
- Agostino di Musi
- Physical Description
- A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Venice, 1490 - 1540)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- after 1531
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.211
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.37886
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- events
- inorganic material
- intaglio prints
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- protective wear
- staff weapons
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bambara
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.7
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 13.24919
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- manding
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- Title
- Kris handle
- Artist
- Indonesia
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.78
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 13.20137
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- edged weapon components
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- weapon components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Kris handle in the shape of an ogre
- Artist
- Indonesia
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.77
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 13.20137
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- edged weapon components
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- weapon components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Soviet Soldier Firing Captured German Panzerfaust at Night
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A Soviet soldier fires a German Panzerfaust firearm at night with a companion.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- late 1942; printed 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.69
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.18276
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic techniques
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- picture-taking techniques
- picture-taking techniques by location or context
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- russia (nation)
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Berlin is Taken, May 1945
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- Taken Berlin. In the foreground is a cannon while in the back hollowed-out buildings burn.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.80
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.08223
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- firearms
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- objects we use
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- physicochemical processes
- positives
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- 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
- The Labors of Hercules: The Giant Antaeus (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
- 1956/1.66
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.04032
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- clubs
- fights
- figures
- figures (representations)
- iconography
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- people by state or condition
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- stand
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Sword (original) and later handle, sword guard, and scabbard
- Artist
- Ietsugu
- Physical Description
- The sword is long and slightly curved; the handle cover is wrapped with black cords, mostly worn out. The round tsuba (sword guard) is made of steel and has two holes. The scabbard is painted with lacquer and has a string for hanging. There is a pair of lion-shaped menuki (fitting) on the handle.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Ôei era, 1394 - 1427)
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1394-1427
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.87
- Medium and Support
- forged steel blade and lacquer
- relevance
- rank 12.96626
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapon components
- edged weapons
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- sheaths
- weapon components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with design of blowfish, shrimp and plant
- Artist
- Seishinsai
- Physical Description
- This small, flat piece made of light brown brass (called "sentoku" in Japanese) has a round diamond shape. It has a triangular shaped hole in the center and another round hole on one side. Artist’s name is signed between the two holes. The surface is slightly concaved from the rim. The front has relief design of a shrimp, blowfish, and bamboo branch. On the back, there are designs of a spiral shell, a barnacle, and water drops. The sea motifs are inlayed with gold, silver, copper, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy).
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.3
- Medium and Support
- brass with gold, silver, copper, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays
- relevance
- rank 12.94250
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- crustaceans
- edged weapon components
- edged weapons
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weapon components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Saber
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.89
- Medium and Support
- iron blade with cast brass handle with copper overlays
- relevance
- rank 12.93515
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- swords
- swords by form
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Doriforo di Policleto
- Artist
- James Anderson
- Artist Life Dates
- 1813-1877
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.199
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.90152
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- figures
- figures (representations)
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- rock
- rock by form
- sculpture by subject type
- staff weapons
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A stylized human head with an elaborate coiffure, sitting atop a larger animal head with scarification marks below the eyes, tops a well-carved staff with angular handle and a zig-zag carved pattern below the handle. The eyes of both figures are set in shallow cavities and appear squinted or closed.
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.19
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 12.83932
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- ceremonial weapons
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- head
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- political concepts
- social science concepts
- the human body
- tools and equipment
- upper body
- walking sticks
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- A Call to Arms, 1941-45
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- An officer holding binoculars looking across a field seated next to a cannon calls out. A group of soldiers run to the scene to prepare for battle.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.75
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.70261
- Secondary Keywords
- vision
- armed conflicts
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- events
- firearms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- small arms
- small arms by form
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with mushroom design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. There are two openwork motifs of mushrooms on the lower left. Rusts on some parts of the piece.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.100
- Medium and Support
- iron
- relevance
- rank 12.67381
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- natural landscapes
- nonwoody plants
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Oban Triptych (Left Side) Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sakuramaru (??) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print of a figure hunched over holding swords. The figure's right arm is raised and feet are pointing in opposite directions. A purple robe with a white diamond pattern, trimmed in black, covers the lower portion of the figure. Red sleeves with a repeating flower pattern (pink with green centers) are center. A mat, light blue trim with black floral design, is towards the bottom right (to the figures left).
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797 - 1861
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.199.1
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.60688
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- east asian
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Ogboni staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Brass female figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels, atop an iron staff. The protruding eyes, nose, and mouth convey a serene, dignified and somewhat withdrawn look. The figure has a beard around the face; she wears ornamentation in small holes atop the ears, cone-shaped headgear, and an elaborate necklace; there is a small spiral motif on the forehead, and two larger spiral motifs on the sides of the body. The hands are held in closed fists in front of the body, the left hand on top of the right.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.39
- Medium and Support
- brass, iron
- relevance
- rank 12.55959
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- political concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- social science concepts
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: Nessus and Deianira (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
- 1956/1.71
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.52690
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- clothing
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- iconography
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Ngbaka Throwing Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.69
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with fabric and cord covered wood handle
- relevance
- rank 12.51201
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- northern democratic republic of congo styles
- northwest democratic republic of congo styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- Title
- Soldiers Fording a Stream
- Artist
- Maximillian Luce
- Physical Description
- An abstracted sketch drawing of a group of soldiers crossing a stream. The figures are rough outlines done in black with blue ink accents. Some soldiers are on horseback and brandishing swords, possibly as a sign to enemies on the other bank. Other soliders help one another cross the water on foot.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1858 - 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1941
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.506
- Medium and Support
- ink and graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.48988
- 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
- edged weapons
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition