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

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

The Snake Charmer; Oskar Kokoschka

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

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

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

Wisteria and swallows; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

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

Lime Stick with Bird; Artist Unknown, Peruvian, Chancay

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

Horse; Artist Unknown, India

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

Bird Shaped Whistle; Anonymous South American

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

Figure and Bird; J. Lorquand

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

Untitled; Anonymous Spanish

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

Folk Garuda; Artist Unknown, India

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

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

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

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

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

Covered Box; Artist Unknown, China

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

Verdure; Anonymous Flemish (Oudenarde, Enghien)

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

Ayu (Trout); Hamaguchi Yôzô

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

Caparisoned horse; Artist Unknown, China

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

White egret in rain; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

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

Bird; Anonymous South American

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

Bull; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

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

Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius; Anonymous Italian

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

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

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

The Labors of Hercules #13: Cacus; Heinrich Aldegrever

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

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

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

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

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

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape; Rembrandt van Rijn

Title: St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Artist Life Dates: 1606-1669
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1653
Accession Number: 1991/2.78
Medium and Support: etching, drypoint and burin with gray wash on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Bull Prepared for Castration (?); Anonymous English

Title: Bull Prepared for Castration (?)
Artist: Anonymous English
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1850-1899
Accession Number: 1995/1.70.2
Medium and Support: albumen print on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Horse; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Horse
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date: late 7th century - early 8th century
Accession Number: 1993/1.62
Medium and Support: earthenware with polychrome decoration
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not taken from the original stone): saddled horse at full gallop, all four legs in the air; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not taken from the original stone): saddled horse at full gallop, all four legs in the air
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1991/2.29.1
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Bird on Camellia Branch; Nishiyama Kan'ei; After Keibun

Title: Bird on Camellia Branch
Artist: Nishiyama Kan'ei
Artist Life Dates: 1833-1897
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 19th century
Accession Number: 1990/1.205
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; sketches; the natural world

Cow and Bull; Antoine Louis Barye

Title: Cow and Bull
Artist: Antoine Louis Barye
Artist Life Dates: 1795-1875
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.8
Medium and Support: bronze with marble base
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

One of a Pair of Horse Bridle Ornaments; Artist Unknown, China

Title: One of a Pair of Horse Bridle Ornaments
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 3rd century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1974/1.158
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Durga subduing the buffalo demon (Mahishasuramardini).; Artist Unknown, India, Bengal

Title: Durga subduing the buffalo demon (Mahishasuramardini).
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 12th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.70
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Paired cuffbands: Brightly colored birds with pink feather embroidery border on silk; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Paired cuffbands: Brightly colored birds with pink feather embroidery border on silk
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1989/2.53
Medium and Support: green embroidered silk
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; objects we use; the natural world

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

Title: Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not from the original stone): saddled horse facing left, prancing
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1991/2.29.3
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

A Spanish Mounted Knight Breaking Short Spears with the Help of Assistants, from; Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Title: A Spanish Mounted Knight Breaking Short Spears with the Help of Assistants, from
Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Artist Life Dates: 1746-1828
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1746-1828
Accession Number: 1987/1.373
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Tsuba (Sword guard); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Tsuba (Sword guard)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1868
Accession Number: 1978/2.13
Medium and Support: iron with gold and silver inlays
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; objects we use; the natural world

Rajasthan Figure of Goddess Druga with Her right Foot on the Buffalo, her lower left arm holding the demon as it emerges from the decapitated buffalo; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Rajasthan Figure of Goddess Druga with Her right Foot on the Buffalo, her lower left arm holding the demon as it emerges from the decapitated buffalo
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.72
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Landscape along the Touques; Eugène Boudin

Title: Landscape along the Touques
Artist: Eugène Boudin
Artist Life Dates: 1824-1898
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1888-1895
Accession Number: 1949/2.91
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Goldfish; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: Goldfish
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1926
Accession Number: 1930.64
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; the natural world; waterscapes

Mandarin Officer's Embroidery Square with tiger-cat (piao) design; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Mandarin Officer's Embroidery Square with tiger-cat (piao) design
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1989/2.21
Medium and Support: embroidered silk
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Crows; Itô Sôzan

Title: Crows
Artist: Itô Sôzan
Artist Life Dates: (1884 - )
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Accession Number: 1991/2.114
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; birds; the natural world

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong: saddled horse a full gallop facing left, all four legs in the air; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong: saddled horse a full gallop facing left, all four legs in the air
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1991/2.29.5
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; mammals; the natural world

Jealousy (Three chickens); Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Jealousy (Three chickens)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1952
Accession Number: 1959/2.9
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; birds; the natural world

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

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

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

Title: Goldweight in the shape of a fowl's head
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description: Goldweight in the shape of the head of a chicken.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1985
Accession Number: 1997/1.469
Medium and Support: brass
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; birds; goldweights

Tapestry Fragment; Anonymous Peruvian

Title: Tapestry Fragment
Artist: Anonymous Peruvian
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.274
Medium and Support: ivory and brown wool, tapestry weave, and white bird design
relevance: rank 3.01107
Secondary Keywords: animals; tapestry; the natural world