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- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin, Toma
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.85
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 24.98407
- Primary Keywords
- axes (tools)
- axes (weapons)
- ceremonial axes
- metalwork
- prestige
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- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bandja
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.107
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 23.69951
- Primary Keywords
- axes
- axes (weapons)
- ceremonial axes
- metalwork
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- Title
- The Attack on an Emigrant Train
- Artist
- Charles Ferdinand Wimar
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts a group of American settlers attempting to defend themselves against attack by a band of Native Americans. A covered wagon pulled by two horses is at the center of the composition; at left, two Native Americans attack the wagon with war clubs and tomahawks; a figure on the lead horse points a pistol directly at the head of one of his attackers, while a figure at the rear of the wagon shoots another attacker. At right other warriors on horseback ride past the train shooting arrows and wielding tomahawks.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1828-1862
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1856
- Accession Number
- 1895.80
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 20.33364
- Primary Keywords
- american
- arrows
- axe
- axes (weapons)
- battle
- battles
- bows (weapons)
- caravans
- fighting
- horses
- native american
- pioneers
- prairies
- rifle
- rifles (long guns)
- small arms
- sunset
- tomahawks (weapons)
- united states
- wagons
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- Title
- Martyrdom of St. Matthew
- Artist
- Workshop of Michael Wolgemut
- Physical Description
- A haloed man kneels in three-quarter profile in the left center of the foreground of the composition. A male figure stands behind the haloed figure in a wide stance with an ax raised above the kneeling figure's head. In the background is another male figure wearing a pointed hat and a jester or demonic figure shown falling of a column in the distance in the upper left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1434-1519
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1493
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.205
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on medium ivory laid paper
- relevance
- rank 18.40524
- Primary Keywords
- axes (weapons)
- martyrs
- saint