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The Forge—Passage du Dragon; James McNeill Whistler

Title: The Forge—Passage du Dragon
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A dark horizontal opening shows three men working and talking. Above is an arched recess, at the top of which is an open window with a plant. Below the large horizontal opening, a chicken stands in the street just below.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1894
Accession Number: 1992/1.143
Medium and Support: transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
relevance: rank 4.49404
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architecture; birds; buildings and the land; the natural world

Black Fox; Fred Alten

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Title: Black Fox
Artist: Fred Alten
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1945
Century: Early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1912-1945
Accession Number: 2002/1.214
Medium and Support: carved and painted wood
relevance: rank 4.49072
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; colors; the natural world; visual and tactile

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

Title: Goldweight in the shape of a fish
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description: Goldweight in the shape of an upside-down, U-shaped fish, of unknown species, with a bifurcated tail, a series of small spiraling circles along its spine, a long neck with horizontal incisions and a stylized human head with eyes, nose and mouth.
Century: Possibly 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1985
Accession Number: 1986/1.202
Medium and Support: brass
relevance: rank 4.47267
Secondary Keywords: africa (continent); animals; animals and creatures; geographic and political locations; goldweights; the natural world

Ascetics with dogs in landscape; Artist Unknown Mughal Workshop, Uttar Pradesh; Attributed to

Title: Ascetics with dogs in landscape
Artist: Artist Unknown Mughal Workshop, Uttar Pradesh
Physical Description: The drawing is mounted on an album page of a yellowish color flecked with gold. There is a narrow frame in a slighter lighter tone outlined with gold and red lines. The main figure sits facing the viewer and is in a long robe. An emaciated, nearly nude figure faces him squatting with his hand on one knee. Another ascetic stands and offers obeisance to the master. One dog rolls around in front of him and another on a leash walks behind him. There is a clump of bushes to the lower left and a tree to the upper left tops a diagonal leading down to the right with a large group of twisted trees.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1969/2.176
Medium and Support: black and red opaque watercolor and gold on paper
relevance: rank 4.19211
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; buildings and the land; figures; mammals; people and occupations; religious figures; settlements and landscapes; the natural world

Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66; on Horseback, with Two Attendants); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Title: Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66; on Horseback, with Two Attendants)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
Physical Description: Image of a man on horseback with two men flanking him
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1992/1.118
Medium and Support: opaque watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 3.99440
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; mammals; objects we use; people and occupations; political figures; royalty; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

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: 1983/1.328.1
Medium and Support: pen and ink on laid paper
relevance: rank 3.83515
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; components; components and systems; components by specific context; information form components; layout features; modern and contemporary art; text-based art; the natural world

Ceramic pot with chameleons and lizards; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title: Ceramic pot with chameleons and lizards
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/1.156
Medium and Support: Pottery
relevance: rank 3.78088
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; the natural world

Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias); Hendrik Goudt; After Adam Elsheimer

Title: Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias)
Artist: Hendrik Goudt
Physical Description: This black and white print shows an outdoor scene with lush leafy trees, open sky and mountains in the far distance. Two figures are walking along a wooded path in the foreground- one is a man with wings wearing robed garments and the other a younger man carrying a single large fish. There is a city shown in the middle distance through the trees and a pasture scene depicted on the right.
Artist Life Dates: 1585-1630
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1613
Accession Number: 1972/1.165
Medium and Support: etching and engraving on laid paper
relevance: rank 3.70481
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; bible; geography; legendary creatures; objects we use; old testament; plants; religion; subject matter; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

A Group of Peasants Eating; Jacopo Bassano; Attributed to Jacopo Bassano

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Title: A Group of Peasants Eating
Artist: Jacopo Bassano
Physical Description: A group of figures are seen kneeling at the lower left in preparation of eating an al fresco meal. The figures consist of two women, two men, and a child, accompanied by a dog, curled up at the bottom right and two lambs or sheep at the right side. Two standing men and a cow are visible, as is the landscape behind the figures that include trees and a house.; Throughout, the work is unified by the consistent fluid and dense pen strokes that describe the figures and animals as well as the distant landscape and sky.
Artist Life Dates: c.1510-c.1592
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 16th century
Accession Number: 2009/1.521
Medium and Support: pen and ink on laid paper
relevance: rank 3.70207
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; mammals; objects we use; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

Head of a ram; Artist Unknown, India, Bengal

Title: Head of a ram
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
Physical Description: This terracotta is modeled in the shape of a ram’s head. The snout is softly modeled by hand and his two horns form coils to either side of his head. A decorative band with punch-marked floral decoration on it divides the snout from the area of the head with the spiral horns. The horns are decorated with lines and encircle a donut shaped element in the center. A floral motif is between the two above the decorative band and other punch-marked floral forms decorate his snout at the top and at each cheek. His eyes are incised in a diamond pattern with a circular center and his nostrils are simple indentations.
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century
Accession Number: 1980/2.283
Medium and Support: terracotta
relevance: rank 3.68690
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; mammals; motifs; sheep; the human body; the natural world; upper body

The Retreat; Christian Adolf Schreyer

Title: The Retreat
Artist: Christian Adolf Schreyer
Physical Description: Depicts a group of Arab warriors on horseback in full gallop charging away from the viewer through the desert landscape.
Artist Life Dates: 1828 - 1899
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1855-1895
Accession Number: 1895.97
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 3.67037
Secondary Keywords: africa (continent); animals; animals and creatures; armed conflicts; early western world; egypt (nation); events; fights; geographic and political locations; how we live; mammals; motion; near eastern; objects; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; war

Kponiugo Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Kponiugo Mask
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century: 19th or 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1800-1971
Accession Number: 1971/2.38
Medium and Support: wood, brass tacks and kaolin
relevance: rank 3.63593
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; costume; costume by function; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; the natural world

Bird Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo

Title: Bird Mask
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/1.35
Medium and Support: wood
relevance: rank 3.59971
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; costume; costume by function; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; the natural world

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 3.57477
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

Puppet in the form of a bird; Artist Unknown, African, Mali

Title: Puppet in the form of a bird
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1960
Accession Number: 1983/2.177
Medium and Support: carved wood, paint, cloth and synthetic hair
relevance: rank 3.57477
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; functions; functions (activities); functions by specific context; how we live; objects we use; people and culture; recreational artifacts; recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities; social functions; 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 3.55380
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

Save the Products of the Land - Eat More Fish - The Feed Themselves; Charles Livingston Bull; Heywood Strasser & Voigt Litho. Co. N.Y. (Printer)

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Title: Save the Products of the Land - Eat More Fish - The Feed Themselves
Artist: Charles Livingston Bull
Physical Description: Text: Save the products of the land - Eat more fish - they feed themselves. United States Food Administration
Artist Life Dates: 1874-1932
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1917
Accession Number: 1954/2.35.14
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 3.53686
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; armed conflicts; declaratory and advertising artifacts; events; how we live; information artifacts; information artifacts by function; information forms; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and culture; text-based art; the natural world; war; waterscapes; world wars

Ashtray with freestanding rabbit; René Lalique

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Title: Ashtray with freestanding rabbit
Artist: René Lalique
Physical Description: Clear glass saucer with milky, iridescent free-standing form in the center shaped like a rabbit.
Artist Life Dates: (1860 - 1945)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1919-1930
Accession Number: 1972/2.229
Medium and Support: glass
relevance: rank 3.47020
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; mammals; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; the natural world; vessels; vessels for serving and consuming food

Stool with traditional spider motif; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamoun

Title: Stool with traditional spider motif
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamoun
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.313
Medium and Support: wood
relevance: rank 3.45594
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; arthropods; descriptors; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; furniture by form or function; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; single seating furniture; the natural world

Forgotten Things; Grace Albee

Title: Forgotten Things
Artist: Grace Albee
Artist Life Dates: 1890-1985
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1943
Accession Number: 1954/1.82
Medium and Support: wood engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.45506
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architecture; birds; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; landscapes; modern and contemporary art; natural landscapes; objects; ornament areas; plants; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; transportation; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; vehicles; woody plants

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 3.43259
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

Ritual Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon

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 3.38690
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

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 3.37588
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

Deer in a Deep Woods; Ralph Albert Blakelock

Title: Deer in a Deep Woods
Artist: Ralph Albert Blakelock
Physical Description: Landscape painting depicting trees with a solitary deer in the center of the canvas
Artist Life Dates: 1847-1919
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1862-1904
Accession Number: 1983/1.83
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 3.34696
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; buildings and the land; cultural landscapes; cultural landscapes by location or context; mammals; modern and contemporary art; natural landscapes; plants; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; wilderness; woods; woody plants

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 3.34557
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

Walu Antelope Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon

Title: Walu Antelope Mask
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1971
Accession Number: 1971/2.26
Medium and Support: wood, metal and pigment
relevance: rank 3.32059
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; costume; costume by function; descriptors; mammals; objects; objects we use; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; the natural world; woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques

Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace; Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant

Title: Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace
Artist: Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
Physical Description: This painting shows a scene set in a courtyard with high white walls that is open to the sky. Beyond the wall there is flowering vegetation, tall trees and a tower with a balustrade with keyhole shaped openings. There are two clay pots resting on top of the wall and an oriental style carpet hanging over one side. Within this courtyard, there are three women who are looking at two small leopards that wear metal chains and stand in a keyhole shaped opening of the far right wall. The women, grouped together on the far left side, are wearing 19th century Moroccan dress, including richly embroidered, garments, headscarves and shoes. There is bright sunlight streaming into the room which creates shadows on the walls and floor.
Artist Life Dates: 1845-1902
Century: Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1872-1902
Accession Number: 1895.99
Medium and Support: oil on panel
relevance: rank 3.31451
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architecture; building divisions; buildings; castles and palaces; components; components and systems; components by specific context; figures; locality; mammals; modern and contemporary art; palaces; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; plants; rooms and spaces; rooms and spaces by form; the natural world; uncovered spaces

Pike Decoy; Oscar Peterson

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Title: Pike Decoy
Artist: Oscar Peterson
Physical Description: Carved wooden decoy of a Pike fish; green along dorsal region with yellow underbelly, spots and flecks of yellow, white, and black.
Artist Life Dates: 1887 - 1951
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1928
Accession Number: 2002/1.216
Medium and Support: carved and painted wood and painted metal
relevance: rank 3.30231
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; descriptors; materials; materials by origin; object genres; object genres by function; objects we use; people and culture; plant material; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; wood and wood products

Shiva and his family; India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School

Title: Shiva and his family
Artist: India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Physical Description: In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1790-1800
Accession Number: 1942.4
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 3.29953
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; associated concepts; branches; groups of people; hindu; kinship groups; mammals; named gods and goddesses; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by family relationship; people by state or condition; religion; religions; social groups; social science concepts; social structure; sociological concepts; subject matter; tents; the natural world

Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg; Master AG

Title: Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg
Artist: Master AG
Artist Life Dates: (active 1475 - 1490)
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1482
Accession Number: 1984/2.42
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.29735
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; components; components and systems; components by specific context; edged weapon components; mammals; objects; objects we use; people and occupations; religion; staff weapon components; subject matter; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type; weapon components

Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: A nude monk on the top left sits before a Jina at top right. Three Hindu gods, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi venerate the Jina in the bottom registers.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.164
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 3.29273
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; document genres; document genres by conditions of production; information forms; legendary creatures; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people by state or condition; people in religion; people in religion and related occupations; people in the humanities; religious (people); the natural world

...A Fish Called Saw (...Un pez que llaman Sierra), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"; Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Title: ...A Fish Called Saw (...Un pez que llaman Sierra), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"
Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Artist Life Dates: 1902-2002
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1977
Accession Number: 1983/1.101.11
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 3.22633
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architecture; buildings and the land; descriptors; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; objects; objects we use; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by location or context; the natural world; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type; waterfront spaces; waterfronts and waterfront spaces; waterscapes

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 3.19405
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

The Labors of Hercules: The Labors of Hercules: Cerberus (one of the set of 13 p; Heinrich Aldegrever

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The Labors of Hercules: Cerberus (one of the set of 13 p
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates: 1502- circa 1561
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550
Accession Number: 1956/1.65
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.17864
Secondary Keywords: scale; allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; architecture; buildings and the land; cityscapes; clubs; figures; figures (representations); iconography; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; physical activities; physical activities by general context; settlements; settlements and landscapes; settlements by form; streets; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type

Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1971
Accession Number: 1971/2.40
Medium and Support: carved wood and patination
relevance: rank 3.16057
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; design elements; equipment; equipment by process; moving and transporting equipment; moving and transporting machinery; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; sculpture; sculpture by technique; the natural world; tools and equipment; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Standing Hornbill; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo

Title: Standing Hornbill
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/2.145
Medium and Support: brass
relevance: rank 3.15986
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; manding; metalwork; object genres; object genres by material; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; voltaic styles; west african styles; western sudanese styles

Reclining Bird; Henry Moore

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Title: Reclining Bird
Artist: Henry Moore
Artist Life Dates: (Castleford, England, 7/30/1898 - 8/31/1986, Hertforshire, England)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1927; cast 1949
Accession Number: 1981/2.85
Medium and Support: bronze with marble base
relevance: rank 3.14677
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; european; european styles and periods; figures; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; people and culture; people and occupations; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world

Rue de Vannes, Paris; James McNeill Whistler

Title: Rue de Vannes, Paris
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1892-1893
Accession Number: 1954/1.410
Medium and Support: etching, printed in black ink on laid Japanese tissue
relevance: rank 3.10981
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architectural elements; architecture; buildings and the land; components; components and systems; components by specific context; containers; containers by form; mammals; objects; objects we use; open spaces and site elements; openings (architectural elements); openings and opening components; openings by form; site elements; the natural world; windows and window components

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

Title: The Labors of Hercules: The Cerynean Hind (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: 1956/1.73
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.08355
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; animals and creatures; buildings and the land; clothing; costume; costume by form; descriptors; figures; figures (representations); geography; iconography; inorganic material; landform components; landforms and landform components; landscapes (environments); mammals; materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; objects; objects we use; outerwear; people and occupations; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; visual works; visual works by subject type; waterscapes

8th Illustration from Twelve Illustrations of Fragments [VIIIe Cahier, Douze Cahier des Fragments]; Gilles Demarteau; After Huet

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Title: 8th Illustration from Twelve Illustrations of Fragments [VIIIe Cahier, Douze Cahier des Fragments]
Artist: Gilles Demarteau
Physical Description: Swirled flowers all around creating a border, various birds flying.
Artist Life Dates: 1729-1776
Century: 18th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.571
Medium and Support: Lavis-manner engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.07876
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures

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