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Title

Rustam Slays the White Elephant, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

Artist

Shiraz and Timurid Schools

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1460

Accession Number

1963/1.44

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

relevance

rank 21.12032

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

clubs (weapons)

literary

mammals

objects we use

percussive weapons

the natural world

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Vishnu

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1981/2.61

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 19.00690

Secondary Keywords

clubs (weapons)

hindu

named gods and goddesses

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

percussive weapons

religion

religions

subject matter

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Figure of a male deity holding a mace in his right hand and an offering bowl in his left hand

Artist

India, Central India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1976/2.73

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 18.82643

Secondary Keywords

clubs (weapons)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

percussive weapons

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 17.54223

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

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 17.47857

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

Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed

Artist

Jan Joest

Physical Description

Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.

Artist Life Dates

1455-1460 - 1519

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1500-1519

Accession Number

1973/2.77

Medium and Support

oil on panel, mounted on panel

relevance

rank 14.55664

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

disciples

equipment

equipment by process

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

measuring devices

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

percussive weapons

religious visual works

reptiles

shaping and guiding equipment

shaping and guiding tools

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by function

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

The Farnese Hercules

Artist

Jacob Bos

Physical Description

This engraving reproduces a colossal marble sculpture of Hercules leaning upon his club, which is draped with a lion skin. Bos carefully records the powerful musculature of the figure and sets the statue within a niche.

Artist Life Dates

active c.1520-c.1580

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1562

Accession Number

1994/2.17

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 12.62655

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

architectural elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

enclosing structural elements

figures (representations)

intaglio prints

objects we use

percussive weapons

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

wall components

wall components by form or function

walls and wall components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Dragon of the Garden of the Hesperides (one of the s

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.68

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 12.48944

Secondary Keywords

massing or shape

allegory and literature

animals and creatures

architecture

building divisions

buildings and the land

clubs

components

components and systems

components by specific context

creatures

descriptors

fights

figures

figures (representations)

gardens

houses

iconography

inorganic material

legendary creatures

materials

materials by composition

mythology

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

percussive weapons

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

single built works

single built works by form

single built works by specific type

the natural world

visual works

visual works by subject type

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Four-armed Vishnu

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Physical Description

Vishnu stands with his legs apart holding his four attributes in his hands. Reading in clockwise direction from his right front hand he holds: his club, discus, conch and lotus, here a rather flat object cupped in his palm. His back two arms are extremely short. The figure is encircled with a decorated arch with a line of beads and triangular shaped openings around them. A stylized sun and moon are to either side of Vishnu’s head. He wears a variety of simple, lumpy jewelry at his feet are a horse to his right and a bull or cow to his left and between them are three rings lying flat on the base. At the front of the base are seven stylized horses, identifying this as a combination figure: Vishnu and the sun god Surya, whose chariot is pulled by seven horses.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1977/2.49

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 12.48862

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

design elements

hindu

mammals

materials

materials by composition

motifs

named gods and goddesses

natural element motifs

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

percussive weapons

plant-derived motifs

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

shell (animal material)

shell and shell material

sports and athletic equipment

subject matter

track and field sports equipment

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Durga, seated, with sixteen arms

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1981/2.59

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 11.98252

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

animal material

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

bells and sets of bells

buildings and the land

chordophones

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

edged weapons

figures

herbaceous plants

keratinous material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

percussion idiophones

percussive weapons

plants

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

religions

religions and religious concepts

sets of beads

settlements and landscapes

shell (animal material)

shell and shell material

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

spears (weapons)

spears by form

sports and athletic equipment

staff weapons

struck idiophones

track and field sports equipment

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

woody plants

Title

The Farnese Hercules

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Physical Description

This impressively large engraving depicts the muscular back of a marble statue of a man. The figure leans upon a club draped with a lion skin and holds three apples in his right hand behind his back. Two men look up at the statue from the lower right corner of the print.

Artist Life Dates

1558 - 1617

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1592

Accession Number

1994/2.13

Medium and Support

engraving on medium weight laid paper

relevance

rank 11.80934

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

figures (representations)

food

fruit

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

materials

materials by function

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

percussive weapons

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

renaissance-baroque styles

renaissance-baroque styles and periods

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

weapons

weapons and ammunition