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Title

Two Scenes of Armies Fighting

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

This woodcut features a multitude of armored figures streaming out of a walled town—the main gate of which is visible in the center background of the composition—into a hilly countryside as they engage in battle. Nearly every figure carries a lance. Several figures in the foreground are on horseback and encounter an opposing group in battle. Figures on the left and right edges of the composition carry differing raised flags.

Accession Number

2012/2.180

Medium and Support

woodcut on laid paper

relevance

rank 1.04383

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

edged weapons

events

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

spears (weapons)

spears by form

staff weapons

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 1.04242

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

Photograph album of Italy

Artist

Anonymous English

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1881

Accession Number

1994/2.26

Medium and Support

108 albumen prints on leather-bound album

relevance

rank 1.04210

Secondary Keywords

animals

buildings and the land

europe

italy

locality

mammals

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religious buildings

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

the natural world

Title

Cane Train, Cuba

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A train with gates cars filled with wooden sticks. In the foreground a man (possibly a worker) is looking to his left while he points to the train. Another man walks further up the tracks in the background.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.84

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.04165

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

geographic and political locations

guideway vehicles

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

materials

materials by origin

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plant material

rail guideway vehicles

railroad cars

transportation vehicles

vehicles

wood and wood products

Title

Girls of Lincoln Bench School Studying their Reading Lessons, New Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Artist

Dorothea Lange

Physical Description

A group of little girls sitting on the stairs in front of a school.

Artist Life Dates

1895-1965

Object Creation Date

1939; printed 1990

Accession Number

2013/2.153

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.04104

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

components

components and systems

components by specific context

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

reading and writing spaces

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

Title

Flower Vendor

Artist

Emilio Amero

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.274

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.04071

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Tubes

Artist

Katherine O'Brien

Physical Description

Boy and girl getting out of circular tubes in the water.

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

2013/2.165

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.04062

Secondary Keywords

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)

natural landscapes

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

settlements and landscapes

Title

Mille Lender en Buste

Artist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Physical Description

Paper size: h 37cm x tw 27 4/5cm & bw 28 1/5cm. Image size: (approximately) w 32cm x h 24cm.

Artist Life Dates

1864-1901

Object Creation Date

1895

Accession Number

2008/2.389

Medium and Support

color lithograph on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 1.04044

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

concert halls

descriptors

europe (continent)

france (nation)

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

lithography

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

performing arts buildings

performing arts structures

planographic printing processes

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)

œle-de-france (region)

Title

Untitled

Artist

Phyllis Price

Physical Description

A woman in a white dress is walking away in a graveyard. There is a single headstone that is broken, trees behind.

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.155

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.04010

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

funerary structures

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Ice Cream Sandwich

Artist

Julie Blackmon

Physical Description

Two girls standing on top of concrete columns, a little boy at the top of the stairs, eating an ice cream sandwich.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1966

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2013/2.100

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03989

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

eating and drinking buildings

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

restaurants

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Sundancer

Artist

Stanley William Hayter

Physical Description

Paper folded under approximately 1 cm at bottom. Colors: black, aqua-green, yellow, rose, blue, yellow-green. Plate size: h 39 1/2cm x w 23 9/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1901-1988

Accession Number

2008/2.375

Medium and Support

color engraving and soft-ground with scorper on beige Arches wove paper

relevance

rank 1.03934

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

etchings

forms of expression

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

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

performing artists

physical sciences concepts

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Standing Female Figure, probably a Hindu Goddess

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

12th century

Accession Number

2005/1.456

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 1.03922

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

crown (headdress)

headgear

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Chidren Coming Home from School, Two Rivers, Non-Stock Cooperative, Co. Co-op

Artist

Marion Post-Wollcott

Physical Description

A boy on the side of a dirt road holding a metal lunch box in his hands. He is smiling and wearing overalls. There are other children in the distance.

Object Creation Date

1941; printed 2000

Accession Number

2013/2.191

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03922

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

transportation spaces

Title

Portrait of a Lady, Possibly Mrs. W.R. Goodall (née Fanny Riley)

Artist

Anonymous American

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1895.31

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 1.03843

Secondary Keywords

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

crosses

jewelry

jewelry by location

jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body

lady

objects

objects of adornment

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Male Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, French Congo, Teke

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925

Accession Number

1984/1.263

Medium and Support

carved wood

relevance

rank 1.03805

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

central and equatorial african styles

clothing

figures

kwango-kwilu

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by subject type

western democratic republic of congo styles

Title

Untitled

Artist

Sam Mackey

Physical Description

Roughly put together wood painted with an off-white paint with globs of hardened paint, very textured surface. There is a line painting in black of a man with his hands to the side, arms raised.

Artist Life Dates

1897-1992

Object Creation Date

1989

Accession Number

2013/2.307

Medium and Support

painted wood on paper

relevance

rank 1.03735

Secondary Keywords

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

drawings

drawings by technique

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Girl in Green Wind (large)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The girl in the middle front on the printing is walking to right. The background is full of thick strokes of line patterns in black, green and orange.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

2011/2.52

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03735

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

earth sciences concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Solicitudo Rustica (Rustic Cares) from the Large Landscapes after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist

Pieter Brueghel

Physical Description

This print offers an expansive vista over a river valley bordered by high mountains in the distance. In the foreground a peasant sits on the ground hammering the blade of his scythe as another man leans against a tree and gazes into the valley. Boats, towns, and villages dot the landscape.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1525-1569)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1530-1569

Accession Number

1959/2.92

Medium and Support

etching with engraving on paper

relevance

rank 1.03684

Secondary Keywords

downward

transfer method

upward

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

farmers

intaglio prints

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in agriculture

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

riverine bodies

scientists and people in science-related occupations

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

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 1.03683

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

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 1.03680

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

The Visitation

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1827

Accession Number

2013/2.560

Medium and Support

pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 1.03624

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

biological concepts

chimneys and chimney components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

food

fruit

heating and cooking elements

materials

materials by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

Title

Male Figure (possibly mukuya figure repurposed as nkisi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Beembe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Wood-carved, standing figure with knees slightly flexed, prominent gentalia, naturalistic face, pointed beard and eyes inset with a white material, probably small ceramic fragments. The feet are missing. It wears a metal ring around its neck, and a string with metal fragments, glass beads and a small metal bell is attached across its chest, from arm to arm. A vertical crack on the front right side of the figure is filled with a gauzy material.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

2005/1.189

Medium and Support

wood, beads, metal, ceramic fragments

relevance

rank 1.03623

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

fetish figures

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sculpture

sculpture by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Marilyn

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1969/1.86

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 1.03541

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

deaths

events

historical, theoretical and critical concepts

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

personal life events

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

women

Title

Marilyn

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1969/1.85

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 1.03541

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

deaths

events

historical, theoretical and critical concepts

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

personal life events

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

women

Title

Hannah, Boalsburg, PA 6/20/99

Artist

Steve Williams

Physical Description

A blurry girl in a dress standing in front of a white Cadillac. She is smiling.

Object Creation Date

1999

Accession Number

2013/2.189

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03488

Secondary Keywords

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

transportation vehicles

vehicles

youth

Title

Caught Looking

Artist

Patricia Richards

Physical Description

A boy and girl up against a car, girl looking at boy, boy looking straight ahead.

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

2013/2.136

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03488

Secondary Keywords

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

transportation vehicles

vehicles

youth

Title

American Gothic

Artist

Patricia Richards

Physical Description

A boy and girl (both with long hair), sitting on the hood of a car. Both are barefoot and the car has a Texas license plate.

Object Creation Date

1996

Accession Number

2013/2.137

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03488

Secondary Keywords

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

transportation vehicles

vehicles

youth

Title

On a Westside Bus, Manhattan, NYC (Mother and Son on Bus)

Artist

Louis Stettner

Physical Description

Woman and son on a bus, both holding onto the seat. Woman is facing the camera, boy is facing his mother.

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Object Creation Date

circa 1976-1980

Accession Number

2012/2.156

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03488

Secondary Keywords

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

offspring

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra and sheltered by Mucalinda

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Physical Description

Sculpture of a seated male figure

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

1175-1225

Accession Number

1978/2.28

Medium and Support

buff sandstone

relevance

rank 1.03455

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

devotional images

figures (representations)

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

Buddha, standing, in double vitarka mudra (?) (Chieng Sen style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th Century

Accession Number

1993/2.46

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 1.03455

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

conditions and effects

descriptors

devotional images

figures (representations)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Woman Wearing Memorial Shirt and Sunglasses, World Trade Center, New York City, USA

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A woman seated wearing a jacket and a memorial tshirt. She has on sunglasses and is looking to the side. There are people on either side of her.

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2014/2.344

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03360

Secondary Keywords

scale

buildings and the land

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist

Artist

Jacopo del Casentino

Physical Description

The majestic figure of the Virgin with the infant Christ on her lap sits enthroned in the center of this painted panel. Her elaborate throne rests upon a dais and is enclosed on three sides by panels bristling with Gothic ornament. Two bishop saints holding croziers stand at the foot of the dais accompanied by two other saints who stand behind them, while fourteen angels crowd the background.

Artist Life Dates

1279 - c.1349

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1325

Accession Number

1960/2.123

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on panel

relevance

rank 1.03355

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

california (state)

ceremonial chairs

chairs

chairs by function

christian clergy

clergy

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

geographic and political locations

legendary creatures

los angeles (county)

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

prelates

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

seating furniture

single seating furniture

united states (nation)

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Handstand

Artist

Erich Heckel

Physical Description

Print featuring a stage with a figure of a man with his feet touching his head while doing a handstand on a small table flanked by two chairs. His large shadow is cast on the wall behind him. The head and hands of a conductor are visible in the lower right.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1970

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1916

Accession Number

1956/1.20

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.03249

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

european

european styles and periods

faces

figures

genres

groups

hands

human body

light-related concepts

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performance and backstage spaces

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by building type

scientific concepts

stages and stage components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

theater spaces

Title

Untitled

Artist

M. Johnston

Physical Description

A man tossing a child in the air. They are on a grassy field with water in the background with a dock and other people.

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2014/2.151

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.03236

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

youth

Title

Untitled (New York City) Masks

Artist

Helen Levitt

Physical Description

Three kids wearing masks on the front steps of a house.

Artist Life Dates

1913-2009

Object Creation Date

1942; printed 1993

Accession Number

2013/2.155

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03223

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

costume

costume by function

dwellings

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

residential structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

The Bendiction

Artist

Kay Denton

Physical Description

A girl wearing only underwear and flowers around her neck. Her head is down and she is standing next to a pine tree. On the other side of her is a cluster of planted flowers.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

1998; printed 2000

Accession Number

2013/2.117

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03223

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

philosophical concepts

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Cho no gotoku (Like Butterflies)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A rainbow colored butterfly is sitting on the girl's hair, while there are a few more butterflies surrounding the girl. There is a Japanese style pangoda right in the center of the background behind the girl.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1985

Accession Number

2011/2.45

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03223

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

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Title

Egúngún headress (erin type)

Artist

Adugbologe Workshop of Abeokuta, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Physical Description

A massive, baroque, and busy wood-carved headdress with stylized face (showing classic Yoruba features) of bulging eyes with defined upper lids, long, straight, triangular nose, symmetrical scarification patterns consisting of three horizontal lines on each cheek, a short beard from ear to ear just underneath the lower lip. Two large “ears” protrude on either side of head and act as “scaffolding” for numerous attachments of symbolic content: birds and lions predominate, but also visible are amulets, wooden claws and beads, crosses, and an insignia shield of some kind. The ears terminate in two oblong mirrors with lions leaping off of each. Layers of pigment are visible, giving impression it has been repainted over time.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

1985/1.183

Medium and Support

wood, mirrors, pigment, gourd, beads, metal

relevance

rank 1.03223

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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Title

A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal

Physical Description

This work is a double-sided page from a bound album. The painting, depicting a Hindu ascetic walking with his dog in a pastoral landscape, has been placed in a border, decorated with a floral scroll painted in gold on a blue or pale orange ground; a similar border surrounds a calligraphy panel on the reverse side. The border and the calligraphy panel are both somewhat later in date than the painting itself.

The painting of the ascetic and his dog is pasted onto an album page. It is surrounded by a series of gold floral borders alternating blue and saffron-colored backgrounds. Wearing a brown poncho-like garment and carrying a fan in his right hand and a bag of his belongings, the lead attached to his white dog, and some tools in his left, he strides through the landscape. He wears sandals and has long brown matted locks of hair and a graying beard. The landscape consists of intersecting rounded forms in shades of green and yellow, surmounted by trees along the top and with a larger blue-foliaged tree to the right near the horizon. At the bottom a diagonal of yellowish rise of land with clumps of grass suggests some depth and a foreground, but the figure is quite flat in the middle ground.

On the back of the page is a Panel of calligraphy consisting of a quatrain in Shah Jahan's handwriting signed "Sultân Khurram [his given name before he took the name Shah Jahan upon becoming emperor" and dated 1020/1611-12. This is also surrounded by elaborate borders.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

late 16th century - early 17th century

Accession Number

1969/2.175

Medium and Support

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

relevance

rank 1.03222

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Untitled, from "Domestic Landscape"

Artist

Rita Bernstein

Physical Description

A girl sitting on a bed with her legs crossed. She is looking down at her feet.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1950

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.124

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.03220

Secondary Keywords

furnishings

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Title

Arm and Ventilator, New York

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A wooden planked wall with a circular metal fan cut into it. There is a man's arm coming from the opposite side of the wall through the fan (that is not turning). His sleeve is rolled up past his elbow.

Artist Life Dates

Hungary, 1894-1985

Object Creation Date

1937; printed circa 1970s

Accession Number

2013/2.296

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03220

Secondary Keywords

biological components

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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 1.03220

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Standing Soldier and Woman (Mars and Venus?)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Italy

Physical Description

This ink and chalk drawing on paper depicts two figures in Roman attire embracing. One is a woman and one is a man. They are standing in the right side of the drawing.

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

2009/1.534

Medium and Support

ink, chalk on paper

relevance

rank 1.03193

Secondary Keywords

ancient italian periods

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Title

Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men

Artist

Richard Babcock

Artist Life Dates

1887-1954

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1917

Accession Number

1954/2.35.1

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.03190

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Girl with long hair and hands crossed over body. She is in a messy room and there is a woman with dark hair standing in the foreground.

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.109

Medium and Support

black and white toned photograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.03153

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Bamboo and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1975

Accession Number

2006/1.134

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 1.03135

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Seated Woman Inkwell, iridescent porcelain with blue peaked lid vase, figure

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A porcelain inkwell of a woman sitting. She is holding a green vase in both hands and is wearing a blue pointy hat. The rest of her outfit is orange.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.276

Medium and Support

porcelain

relevance

rank 1.03009

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Agate snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750-1850

Accession Number

1980/2.31

Medium and Support

agate and jadeite

relevance

rank 1.03009

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Mother with her Three Children, from "Uptown, Chicago"

Artist

Danny Lyon

Physical Description

A woman with three children on a sofa. Thre are two girls, one is standing with her hands behind her back. There is a baby sleeping on the other girl's lap. The woman is in a house dress.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1942

Object Creation Date

1965; printed 2010

Accession Number

2013/2.339

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.03009

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Goyû: Women Soliciting Travelers

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

In the main street of Goyu village at nightfall, female touts aggressively solicit travelers by dragging them into the tea-house on the right, where one is already resting. The large circle on the wall bears the sign of the publisher of the series, Take-no-Uchi, which was omitted in later issues. On the sign-boards inside are given the names of the engraver, Firobei; the printer, Heibei; and the artist, Ichiryusai.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833-1834

Accession Number

1960/2.141

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size

relevance

rank 1.02974

Secondary Keywords

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