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- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a sword with sheath
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a sword with a smooth handle, covered by a sheath decorated in a pattern of small "bubbles."
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.515
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 15.77258
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- cases (containers)
- ceremonial weapons
- containers
- containers by form
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Golden lion with gently curving tail and arched back. Each foot is capped with three intimidating claw-like nails. The lion is oriented as if stalking from left to right, but the head turns back inward towards the center, with a downward flowing mane.
- Century
- 19th Century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.18
- Medium and Support
- gold
- relevance
- rank 15.68236
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- cases (containers)
- containers
- containers by form
- edged weapons
- mammals
- objects we use
- sheaths
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Gurgin Fights with Andariman, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.55
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.56670
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- descriptors
- how we live
- inorganic material
- literary
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- war
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Ritual Sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.157
- Medium and Support
- Iron, wood, copper and tkoola powder
- relevance
- rank 15.51296
- Secondary Keywords
- edged weapons
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- weapons and ammunition
- 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 15.46949
- 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
- Amor (Amor), pl. 10 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI
- Artist
- Max Klinger
- Artist Life Dates
- 1857-1920
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1878-1881
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.155.10
- Medium and Support
- etching on off-white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 15.38143
- Secondary Keywords
- clothing
- cupids
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- plants
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- the natural world
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Trophy with Attributes of the Hunt
- Artist
- Christophe Huet
- Artist Life Dates
- 1695-1759
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.63
- Medium and Support
- chalk on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.26635
- Secondary Keywords
- hunting
- objects
- objects we use
- plants
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- spears
- the natural world
- weaponry
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Groom and Rider
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Physical Description
- A man is shown riding a horse, with a sword tucked into his belt. He is wearing a simple-styled premodern garment and a cap. Both the man and the horse seem tired, with their bodies bending forward and heads drooping.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.141
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.22553
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with inlaid design of egrets and reeds(attached to 1973/2.88)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This tsuba is a flat iron plate with quatrefoil design. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by oval-shape hole (for kougai) and oval with bump shape (for kozuka). Egrets and reeds decorate the surface, distributed in a curve that climbs counter-clockwise from the bottom left register, culmiating in the top left with a lone egret in flight. Egrets on the bottom of the piece perch on the ground or nest in the golden reeds.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.12
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 15.19555
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- St. Michael Vanquishing Satan
- Artist
- H. J. Hatfield
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1840s
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1884
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.84
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.17467
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- demons
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- figures
- inorganic material
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- painting
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religion
- religious figures
- reptiles and amphibians
- saint
- spears (weapons)
- spears by form
- staff weapons
- subject matter
- the natural world
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Hanuman
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.50
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.15490
- Secondary Keywords
- clubs (weapons)
- hindu
- named gods and goddesses
- objects
- objects we use
- percussive weapons
- religion
- religions
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- subject matter
- swords
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weaponry
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
![Iconography series: "Danu" [Sagittarius]: Archer-centaur; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.137/1985_2.137.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=32;size=50;sort=relevance;start=21;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=weapons%2520and%2520ammunition){kind=link}
- Title
- Iconography series: "Danu" [Sagittarius]: Archer-centaur
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.137
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.11577
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- landscapes
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- plants
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- the natural world
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Physical Description
- Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. The image is incised on the plate and his body is entirely textured with characters in the devanagari script. Often merely the letter ‘r’ designating the god Rama with whom he is associated. He is in a striding posture and there are a number of sections of text scattered around the image. At his feet is a human figure walking in the opposite direction. He holds a double flag consisting of two triangular shapes facing him in his left hand along with a thin club. One appears to emanating from his mouth? His right hand is lifted with an arrow above it and his tail curves behind him. There is also a small altar depicting the two feet of Rama in the area between his outstretched leg and the end of a scarf wrapped around his body.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.89
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 15.09990
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- clubs (weapons)
- mammals
- named gods and goddesses
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- percussive weapons
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- spears
- subject matter
- weaponry
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Abraham Entertaining the Angels
- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Artist Life Dates
- 1606-1669
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1656
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.76
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.06638
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- architecture
- bible
- child
- descriptors
- figures
- geography
- how we live
- materials
- materials by function
- objects
- objects we use
- old testament
- people and occupations
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- religion
- subject matter
- vessels
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew
- Artist
- Workshop of Michael Wolgemut
- Physical Description
- A haloed man is attached to a plank in the foreground of the composition. A male figure positioned behind him holds a knife to his knee while a male figure in front of him holds a knife to his wrist. A figure dressed like a church father stands watching over the scene on the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1434-1519
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - early 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.206
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on medium ivory laid paper
- relevance
- rank 15.05134
- Secondary Keywords
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Brass Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A long, curved brass knife.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.9
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 15.05134
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- 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 15.05134
- Secondary Keywords
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Forced March to the Front between Lonie and Mitulen, Poland
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- A long row of male soldiers march down a Hungarian landscape. They are dressed in uniform and carrying artilery. They are boardered by a field of vegetation and an arid mountain range.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- July 19, 1915; printed 1981
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.125.9
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.02572
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- firearms
- objects we use
- ornament areas
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Virabhadra plaque
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th–18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.43
- Medium and Support
- brass (?)
- relevance
- rank 14.93469
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- edged weapons
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ndebele peoples South Africa
- Physical Description
- A wooden staff, covered with beads in solid colors (red, blue, green and orange) outlined in black against a background of white beads, with a sideways M pattern in the middle of the shaft on either side. A stylized head of open beadwork tops the staff, followed by a tight-fitting necklace-like band with a clasp in orange and green and a white band, above solid red and blue rings.
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.46
- Medium and Support
- wood with beads
- relevance
- rank 14.80933
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Throwing Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bandja
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.87
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with leather grip
- relevance
- rank 14.65202
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Throwing Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Brazzaville), Baya-Bumali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.115
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 14.65202
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Sword, ornament, and scabbard
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The sword is long and slightly curved; the metal smith's name is engraved on the metal handle. The scabbard is painted with black laquer with image of samurai and cherry tree. He wears a jacket, pants, a straw hat and a sword, holding a brush, possibly writing a poem on a piece of paper hanging from the tree. The figure and tree are painted with rose-color and gold laquer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.88
- Medium and Support
- forged steel, lacquer, and gold
- relevance
- rank 14.59093
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- sheaths
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Rama, classical pose of the God who carries a quiver of arrows across right shoulder
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.60
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.49361
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A stylized animal head, with an elongated open mouth and horizontally positioned, flat ears, sits atop a staff with decorative carvings along the shaft.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.25
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 14.44057
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- ceremonial weapons
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- head
- objects
- objects we use
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Folk archer
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.72
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.35141
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Brass Knife with Sheath
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A long knife with a brass handle and its sheath. A dark brown rope is tied to the sheath, which has etched designs decorating it.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.8
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 14.34188
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Ragamala: Vighasa Ragini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- Late 18th-Early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.294
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.33816
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Portrait of Raja Sidhu, Sen of Mandi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Mandi, Himechal Predesh
- Physical Description
- A man sits on a striped surface with his legs crossed under his red clothing. He wears a white sash across his right shoulder and a red hat. In his hands he holds a sheathed sword.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.26
- Medium and Support
- painting
- relevance
- rank 14.29690
- Secondary Keywords
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Asesinato del General Sandino detras del Viejo Campo de Aviacion
- Artist
- Armando Morales
- Physical Description
- Three kneeling men are being executed by soldiers. The soldiers are wearing masks and holding guns.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.96.7
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.25124
- Secondary Keywords
- events
- firearms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bandja
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.107
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 14.12516
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- equipment
- equipment by process
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Protective Amulet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Physical Description
- Plaque in the form of a snarling lion's face holding a double-edged "severn star" (here only three of the seven stars are depicted as large dots connected by lines) sword in its mouth and ornamented with a red octagon containing the characters for "daqi" surrounded by eight trigrams on its forehead.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.44
- Medium and Support
- polychrome on wood
- relevance
- rank 14.10911
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Janus heads with elaborate headgear top a staff with a long, thin shaft and broader hourglass-shaped sections with a stylized human head in the middle of each one. The staff is covered with carved geometrical patterns of triangles, lozenges and lines, and ends in a metal-coiled tip at the bottom; it is heavy and has a shiny black patina.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1940
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.75
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- ceremonial weapons
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- objects
- objects we use
- the human body
- upper body
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Smooth staff, topped by a standing, slightly elongated, rectangular male figure with angular curves at the elbows and buttocks and the hands held in front of the stomach, just below the navel (the left arm is damaged). The big feet are carved as one piece, with small incisions for the individual toes.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.47
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Short stick with a dark shiny patina, topped by a standing, male figure, wearing a European-style suit and brimmed hat, carrying a small box in his hands; followed by a standing female figure, unclothed, carrying a child on her back. Below are smaller figures, on either side respectively: a keeling figure, a turtle, and a bird; a brid, a turtle, a ram's horn and an ornamental motif, possibly a cross.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.64
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Elaborately carved staff with, from the top: a male figure wearing Western-style clothes, with painted eyes, eyebrows, mouth, moustache, hat and clothes, sitting on a simple stool, resting his hands on his knees; a U-shaped snake on one side and a mortar on the other; a pair of a male and a female figure on either side (the male is standing on one leg, bending the other at the knee to make a triangle); a dark black spherical form; a row of three turtles on one side and two salamanders and a frog on the other; and finally three outstretched snakes (painted yellow, brown and red, respectively), one of them eating a small frog.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.42
- Medium and Support
- wood, paint
- relevance
- rank 14.08192
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Apollyon
- Artist
- William Blake
- Physical Description
- Drawing of militaristic angels approaching two men fighting at sea. One angels holds a bow and above and to the right are three more angels carrying clouds. On the left of the image is a serpent curled around a tree.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1757-1827
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1757-1827
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.209
- Medium and Support
- graphite on white paper
- relevance
- rank 14.07573
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- events
- natural events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plants
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- reptiles and amphibians
- serpents
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Gunner Loading Ammunition, 1941-45
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A gunman loads multiple rounds of ammunition into a large firearm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.70
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.94936
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Two carved female figures, holding one arm over each other's back, an the other resting on the stomach decorated with lozenge motifs and scarification patterns; one figure is wearing a rope around the middle. A curving shaft supports the figures, broadening from the metal tip at the bottom into two bulging forms, divided by a dark black line through the middle, and covered in a carved pattern of triangles and lines on both front and back. The staff is heavy, with a nice shiny patina.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1940
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.76
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 13.89101
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Classical scene (Achilles and Hector?)
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- This black and white drawing depicts an outdoor classical scene. In the center of the composition a nude male figure donning an ornate helmet and brandishing a sword drags a lifeless classically draped figure before an altar on the left on top of which rests armor, a helmet and drapery. Behind this altar is positioned another draped male figure. A fully draped figure points toward two mourning female figures in the right midground. The paper is squared for transfer.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1770-1800
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.204
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink over graphite, heightened with black and white chalk over Stylus (?) on medium buff wove paper, squared for transfer
- relevance
- rank 13.80499
- Secondary Keywords
- aegean
- aegean periods
- early western world
- edged weapons
- figures (representations)
- greek
- mediterranean
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Two Scenes of Armies Fighting
- Artist
- Hans Burgkmair
- Physical Description
- This woodcut features a multitude of armored figures, some of which are on horseback, engaged in a battle with swords and lances in a hilly countryside. Two cannons are arranged on the lower right in the foreground and one cannon is being manipulated by a figure in the lower left corner of the composition. Various flags are included in the image including one with a Burgundian cross. In the distance of the scene there is a walled town with mountains positioned behind it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1473-1531
- Object Creation Date
- early 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.179
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 13.79946
- Secondary Keywords
- ammunition
- ammunition for artillery
- armed conflicts
- events
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin, Toma
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.85
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 13.77733
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonial weapons
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- equipment
- equipment by process
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- tools and equipment
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Stone sword (point broken)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Stone sword with broken point. Short in length
- Century
- 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.117
- Medium and Support
- gray stone
- relevance
- rank 13.76920
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- General Pedro Altamirano
- Artist
- Armando Morales
- Physical Description
- Four armed men stand in front of a building. One man is kneeling with a machine gun on a tripod. Two dogs and a horse are with them.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.96.4
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.75714
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- firearms
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- small arms
- small arms by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with incised flame design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Two holes in the middle. Flame-like incision all over the piece. Silver is applied around the center hole.
- Century
- Late 16th-Early 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 16th century - early 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.101
- Medium and Support
- Shakudô (copper-gold alloy)
- relevance
- rank 13.70314
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- design elements
- edged weapon components
- edged weapons
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- objects we use
- weapon components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Throwing knife
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Zande
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.149
- Medium and Support
- engraved and hand-forged iron and fiber
- relevance
- rank 13.57737
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- fiber and fiber products
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- knives
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Knife with Sheath
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Algeria, Berber?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.129A&B
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle trimmed in metal and fabric covered leather sheath
- relevance
- rank 13.54769
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.49
- Medium and Support
- ema, ink and color on wood panel
- relevance
- rank 13.52531
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- edged weapons
- mammals
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A slightly curved staff, topped by a long, narrow handle, placed atop a carved human head, with simple hairdo and facial feautures. The shaft is covered by a snake coiling upward from the lower end of the staff.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.67
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 13.47376
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial weapons
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Ritual Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- Probably 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- probably 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.69
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 13.46133
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- ceremonial weapons
- man
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition