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Mukha-Linga, Cobra head; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Mukha-Linga, Cobra head
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description: This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.52C
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 9.23214
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; associated concepts; hinduism; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; snakes; the natural world

Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia; Eugène Delacroix

Title: Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Artist Life Dates: 1798-1863
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1968/2.75
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 9.17798
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; design elements; mammals; motifs; natural element motifs; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; religious figures; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

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

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The Infant Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.61
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 8.86494
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; figures; figures (representations); iconography; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by family relationship; people by gender; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

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

Title: Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: This is a brightly colored painting on a light background. It depicts a three- tiered scene with several figures, standing and kneeling, looking toward a central seated figure in the top tier. This male figure is seated in lotus position on a throne, decorated with colorful designs. To his left and right are attendants who fan him. In the middle tier, there is a nude man with long hair, a kneeling woman and a figure who is half-man and half-serpent. In the bottom tier, there are two kneeling men, wearing robes and headdresses, with hands pressed together and eyes gazing upward toward the main figure. They are surrounded by a tiger, a bird, an insect and a serpent.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.167
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 8.64020
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by activity; people by state or condition; physical activities; physical activities by general context; religious figures; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

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

Title: Devils Taking the Rich Man to Hell, No. 4 from the Series of 5 Prints "Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1554
Accession Number: 1952/1.87
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 8.24889
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; associated concepts; construction equipment; doctrinal concepts; earthmoving equipment; equipment; equipment by process; hells; how we live; legendary creatures; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; plants; religion; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; rites of passage; shovels; subject matter; the natural world; tools and equipment

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

Title: Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on the serpent Ananta (“the endless one”), resting on the surface of the cosmic ocean. As his female consort gently strokes his leg, Vishnu awakens from a long sleep. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, who will begin a new cycle of the universe.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.305
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
relevance: rank 7.83944
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; geography; hindu; image-making processes and techniques; information artifacts; information artifacts by physical form; information forms; named gods and goddesses; objects we use; painting and painting techniques; painting techniques; painting techniques by medium; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religion; religions; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; subject matter; the natural world

Folk Durga; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Folk Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.268
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.44875
Secondary Keywords: animals; figures; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

Fury; Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio; After Rosso Fiorentino

Title: Fury
Artist: Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio
Artist Life Dates: c.1505-1565
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1525-1526
Accession Number: 1979/2.2
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 7.44875
Secondary Keywords: animals; modern and contemporary art; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

Folk Durga; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Folk Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.267
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.44875
Secondary Keywords: animals; figures; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

Large Yellow Cat; Richard Burnside

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Title: Large Yellow Cat
Artist: Richard Burnside
Artist Life Dates: born 1944
Century: late 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1980-1993
Accession Number: 2002/1.200
Medium and Support: paint and pine cone seed scales on particle board
relevance: rank 7.37112
Secondary Keywords: animals; colors; mammals; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; visual and tactile

Door Panel, Secret Society Shrine; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Door Panel, Secret Society Shrine
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century: 19th or 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1800-1971
Accession Number: 1975/1.68
Medium and Support: carved wood and metal
relevance: rank 7.37112
Secondary Keywords: animals; architecture; faces; objects; panels; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

Nandi; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Nandi
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.254
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.37112
Secondary Keywords: animals; figures; mammals; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

Garuda; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Garuda
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1979/2.28
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.37112
Secondary Keywords: animals; religion; religions; reptiles and amphibians; subject matter; the natural world

Composition; Germaine Richier

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Title: Composition
Artist: Germaine Richier
Artist Life Dates: 1904-1959
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1904-1957
Accession Number: 1957/2.20
Medium and Support: color aquatint on paper
relevance: rank 7.29510
Secondary Keywords: animals; genres; modern and contemporary art; objects; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

Temptation; Max Jacob

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Title: Temptation
Artist: Max Jacob
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1970/2.183
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 7.29510
Secondary Keywords: animals; birds; geography; mammals; objects; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; waterscapes

An Urn Decorated with Vestals Performing a Sacrifice and Below, Eagles; the Hand; Anonymous Italian

Title: An Urn Decorated with Vestals Performing a Sacrifice and Below, Eagles; the Hand
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: mid 18th century
Accession Number: 1959/2.51
Medium and Support: graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash
relevance: rank 7.14766
Secondary Keywords: animals; birds; figures; objects; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; study; the natural world; vessels

Design for a Ceiling Decoration; Anonymous French?

Title: Design for a Ceiling Decoration
Artist: Anonymous French?
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1970/2.99
Medium and Support: pen, dark brown ink and graphite
relevance: rank 7.14766
Secondary Keywords: animals; architecture; creatures; figures; mammals; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; study; the natural world

An Urn with Garlands and Snakes as Handles and Two Seated Mermaids Holding a Cro; Anonymous Italian

Title: An Urn with Garlands and Snakes as Handles and Two Seated Mermaids Holding a Cro
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: mid 18th century
Accession Number: 1959/2.44
Medium and Support: graphite, pen, bistre ink and gray wash on white paper
relevance: rank 7.07615
Secondary Keywords: animals; figures; mermaids; objects; people and occupations; plants; reptiles and amphibians; study; the natural world; vessels

The Veil of Darkness; Anonymous British

Title: The Veil of Darkness
Artist: Anonymous British
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1809
Accession Number: 1970/2.115B
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 7.00606
Secondary Keywords: animals; figures; genres; mammals; mice; objects; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; tools; vessels

The Veil of Darkness; Anonymous British

Title: The Veil of Darkness
Artist: Anonymous British
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1809
Accession Number: 1970/2.115C
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 7.00606
Secondary Keywords: animals; figures; genres; mammals; mice; objects; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world; tools; vessels

Ornament sheet with Jupiter and Ganymede, Pl. n. 9 from a series of 24 entitled; Anonymous Italian

Title: Ornament sheet with Jupiter and Ganymede, Pl. n. 9 from a series of 24 entitled
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: before 1541
Accession Number: 1960/1.119
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 6.93734
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; drapery; mammals; medium; mythology; ornamental; people and occupations; reptiles and amphibians; roman; the natural world

Mirror, probably Huai Valley type; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Mirror, probably Huai Valley type
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 771 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1958/2.58
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.84976
Secondary Keywords: animals; household objects; objects we use; reptiles and amphibians; the natural world

Eve; Eric Gill

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Title: Eve
Artist: Eric Gill
Artist Life Dates: 1882-1940
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1926
Accession Number: 1959/1.134
Medium and Support: wood engraving on paper
relevance: rank 6.80388
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; bible; figures; modern and contemporary art; old testament; people and occupations; plants; reptiles and amphibians; serpents; the natural world

Mirror, TLV Type; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Mirror, TLV Type
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 960-1279
Accession Number: 1974/1.212
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.71795
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; creatures; household objects; mammals; mythology; objects we use; reptiles and amphibians; snails; the natural world

Lakshmi-Narashimha; India, Andhra Pradesh

Title: Lakshmi-Narashimha
Artist: India, Andhra Pradesh
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.43
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.41248
Secondary Keywords: animals; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; reptiles and amphibians; snakes; the natural world

Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus); Max Ernst

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Title: Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus)
Artist: Max Ernst
Physical Description: Standing bronze figure with recto/verso. The silhouette of the body is rectangular in shape. The heads on both side are simply rendered with rounded eyes and a pursed -lip mouth on one, a button nose on the other; bodies are supported by short legs; sides loosely suggest representations of male and female anatomy with side-by-side scallop shells suggesting a breasted chest on one side, an upward facing frog/toad in the phallus area on the reverse side.
Artist Life Dates: 1891-1976
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1973
Accession Number: 1987/1.160
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.34109
Secondary Keywords: amphibians; animals; animals and creatures; combination inorganic/organic animal material; combination inorganic/organic material; copper alloy; copper and copper alloy; descriptors; european; european styles and periods; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; metal; metal and metal products; metal by composition or origin; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; movement; nonferrous metal; objects we use; people and culture; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; shell and shell material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Ragamala: Asavari Ragini; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Ragamala: Asavari Ragini
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800
Accession Number: 1981/2.47
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 6.08539
Secondary Keywords: animals; architecture; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions; reptiles and amphibians; snakes; subject matter; text-based art; the natural world; women

Goldweight in the shape of a snake; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Goldweight in the shape of a snake
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description: Goldweight in the shape of a coiling snake.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1985
Accession Number: 1997/1.504
Medium and Support: brass
relevance: rank 6.04115
Secondary Keywords: africa (continent); animals and creatures; geographic and political locations; goldweights; objects we use; reptiles; sculpture; sculpture by subject type; statues; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Sabotage; Marian Spore Bush

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Title: Sabotage
Artist: Marian Spore Bush
Physical Description: Black, tan and white, industrial buldings with steam coming out of the smoke stacks. The steam is in the formation of a snake moving through the painting.
Artist Life Dates: 1878-1946
Object Creation Date: late 1930s
Accession Number: 2014/2.198
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 5.93618
Secondary Keywords: aegean; aegean periods; animals and creatures; descriptors; early western world; greek; mediterranean; object genres; people and culture; reptiles; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Mukha-Linga; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Mukha-Linga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description: This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.52A
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 5.83227
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; hinduism; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; reptiles; snakes

Mukha-Linga; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Mukha-Linga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description: This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.52B
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 5.80789
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; hindu; hinduism; named gods and goddesses; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; reptiles; snakes; subject matter

How It All Began, from the portfolio "Dance of Life"; Richard Lindner

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Title: How It All Began, from the portfolio "Dance of Life"
Artist: Richard Lindner
Artist Life Dates: 1901-1978
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1973
Accession Number: 1977/2.25
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 5.65837
Secondary Keywords: image form; allegory and literature; animals; bible; fruit; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; old testament; people and occupations; plants; reptiles and amphibians; serpents; the natural world; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form

Then Satan Went Forth from the Presence of the Lord; William Blake

Title: Then Satan Went Forth from the Presence of the Lord
Artist: William Blake
Physical Description: Engraving of several figres including humans and mythological creatures. There are inscriptions above and below the depicted scene and it is bordered on three sides by a serpent.
Artist Life Dates: 1757-1827
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: published March 8, 1825
Accession Number: 1975/2.3
Medium and Support: line and stipple engraving on chine colle mounted on India paper
relevance: rank 5.65188
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; atmospheric effects; demons; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; reptiles; subject matter; the natural world

Design for a Vertical Panel (1 of a set of 12); Henri Salembier

Title: Design for a Vertical Panel (1 of a set of 12)
Artist: Henri Salembier
Artist Life Dates: 1753-1820
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1781
Accession Number: 1959/2.67
Medium and Support: pen and black ink with black and brown wash
relevance: rank 5.65168
Secondary Keywords: animals; faces; objects we use; panels; plants; projectile weapons; projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant; projectiles with nonexplosive propellant; reptiles and amphibians; serpents; study; the natural world; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Blue Bird; Marian Spore Bush

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Title: Blue Bird
Artist: Marian Spore Bush
Physical Description: An orange and yellow sky with a large blue peacock and orange snake. There is a large grey tree on the right hand side with green grass below.
Artist Life Dates: 1878-1946
Object Creation Date: circa 1930
Accession Number: 2014/2.199
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 5.54707
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; buildings and the land; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; plants; reptiles; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; woody plants

Temple bell with twin crocodile handle and undeciphered inscription; Artist Unknown, Burma

Title: Temple bell with twin crocodile handle and undeciphered inscription
Artist: Artist Unknown, Burma
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2002/2.236A-C
Medium and Support: bronze with gilt decor
relevance: rank 5.54189
Secondary Keywords: hollow-bodied; animals and creatures; bells and sets of bells; chordophones; directly struck idiophones; objects we use; percussion idiophones; reptiles; sound devices; sound devices by acoustical characteristics; struck idiophones

Flattened Bottle with Lion-head and Turle Lugs; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Flattened Bottle with Lion-head and Turle Lugs
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Unglazed gray stoneware flattened bottle with two lion-head lugs near teh upper corners, and two turtle shaped lugs on the bottom.
Century: 10th-11th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 11th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.210
Medium and Support: unglazed stoneware with appliqued decoration
relevance: rank 5.42098
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; bottles; bottles by form; bottles by function; containers; containers by form; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; pottery (object genre); reptiles; vessels

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: Eight worshippers sit to the right of a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk. They each raise beads in their hands. Below them a struggle is depicted. Two men in shorts wrestle, while a snake, tiger, and elephant rera up beside a fire.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.169
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 5.26823
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; events; mammals; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; people by occupation; people by state or condition; people in religion; people in religion and related occupations; people in the humanities; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious (people); reptiles

Yao Ritual Scroll; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Yao Ritual Scroll
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: mid 19th century–mid 20th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century - mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1983/2.131
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on cotton
relevance: rank 5.19476
Secondary Keywords: animals; associated concepts; equipment; equipment by process; family; how we live; objects; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; relationships; religion; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; reptiles and amphibians; supporting equipment; the natural world; tools and equipment

Embroidery fragments (fish and other animals); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Embroidery fragments (fish and other animals)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.41.2
Medium and Support: silk thread embroidery on silk
relevance: rank 5.15329
Secondary Keywords: animals; descriptors; needleworking; needleworking and needleworking techniques; plants; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; reptiles and amphibians; textile processes and techniques; textile working processes and techniques; the natural world

Lease; Pierre Alechinsky

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Title: Lease
Artist: Pierre Alechinsky
Artist Life Dates: born 1927
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1970-1971
Accession Number: 1983/1.328.2
Medium and Support: pen and ink on laid paper
relevance: rank 5.14927
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; components; components and systems; components by specific context; drawings; drawings by technique; information form components; layout features; mammals; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; reptiles and amphibians; suns; text-based art; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Embroidery fragments (fish and other animals); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Embroidery fragments (fish and other animals)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.41.1
Medium and Support: silk thread embroidery on silk
relevance: rank 5.11046
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; needleworking; needleworking and needleworking techniques; plants; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; reptiles and amphibians; textile processes and techniques; textile working processes and techniques; the natural world

Pipe; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title: Pipe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.355
Medium and Support: terracotta
relevance: rank 5.06014
Secondary Keywords: smoking and tobacco use; animals and creatures; descriptors; equipment; equipment by context; equipment for personal use; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context; reptiles; tools and equipment; visual works; visual works by subject type

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra and sheltered by Mucalinda; Artist Unknown, Thailand

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 5.05124
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

Apollyon; William Blake

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 4.94296
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

Eve Tempted by the Serpent; Defendente Ferrari; Attributed to

Title: Eve Tempted by the Serpent
Artist: Defendente Ferrari
Physical Description: A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
Artist Life Dates: active 1500-1535
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1520-1525
Accession Number: 1967/1.38
Medium and Support: tempera on panel
relevance: rank 4.90830
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; bible; buildings and the land; descriptors; document genres; document genres by function; europe (continent); food; fruit; geographic and political locations; information forms; italy (nation); materials; materials by function; objects we use; old testament; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by form; religious texts; reptiles; visual works; visual works by subject type

Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.38
Medium and Support: sandstone
relevance: rank 4.83108
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; descriptors; devotional images; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; reptiles; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed; Jan Joest; Circle of

Title: Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed
Artist: Jan Joest
Physical Description: Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.
Artist Life Dates: 1455-1460 - 1519
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1500-1519
Accession Number: 1973/2.77
Medium and Support: oil on panel, mounted on panel
relevance: rank 4.76595
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; disciples; equipment; equipment by process; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; measuring devices; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; percussive weapons; religious visual works; reptiles; shaping and guiding equipment; shaping and guiding tools; tools and equipment; visual works; visual works by function; weapons; weapons and ammunition

The Snake Charmer; Oskar Kokoschka

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Title: The Snake Charmer
Artist: Oskar Kokoschka
Physical Description: Geometrically patterned composition with bright saturated colors composed of a central female figure with mermaid’s tail and bright red mane of hair; skull-headed figure at left with guitar; two green monster-like figures in upper right quadrant; two black fish with blue eyes near center.
Artist Life Dates: 1886 - 1980
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1907-1908
Accession Number: 2000/2.180
Medium and Support: tempera on wove paper
relevance: rank 4.66295
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; european; european styles and periods; figures; genres; legendary creatures; mermaids; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; religion; reptiles and amphibians; sound devices; sound devices by function; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; subject matter; the natural world

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

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The River-god Achelous (one of the set of 13 prints)
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.67
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 4.59504
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; associated concepts; cityscapes; events; figures; figures (representations); geography; how we live; iconography; objects; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; personal life events; physical activities; physical activities by general context; plants; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; reptiles; rites of passage; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

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