Works of Art (203)
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Amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic; black-figure, Attributed to the manner of the Lysippides Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.171.14) |
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Armet with Wrapper, ca. 146070 (armet), 1450 (wrapper), Italian, Steel (20.150.1) |
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Armor (Gusoku), 16th and 18th centuries; Edo period, Japanese, Lacquered iron, mail, silk, copper-gilt (14.100.172) |
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Armor (yoroi), Late Kamakura period, early 14th century, Japanese, Lacquered iron and leather, silk, stenciled leather, copper-gilt (14.100.121) |
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Armor for Field and Tournament, 1527, Made in the Royal Workshops, English (Greenwich), Steel, etched and gilded overall (19.131.1,2) |
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Armor for Heavy Cavalry, ca. 1600, French, Steel, etched and gilt; leather; textile (27.177.1,2) |
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Armor for Henry II of France, ca. 1555, After designs by Étienne Delaune, French (Paris), Steel, embossed, blued, silvered, and gilded (39.121) |
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Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I, 1549, Made by Kunz Lochner, German (Nuremberg), Etched steel (33.164) |
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Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland, ca. 158085, Made in the Royal Workshops, English (Greenwich), Steel, etched, blued, and gilded (32.130.6) |
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Armor of heavy cavalry, ca. 161020, Italian (Milan or Brescia), Steel, gold, leather, and textile (2002.130ap) |
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Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias, 1712,
Made by Drouar (possibly André Drouart),
France (Paris),
Blued and gilt steel; gilt brass; silk; cotton; metallic yarn; paper (1989.3) |
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Armor, ca. 1400 and later, Italian, Steel, brass, textile (29.154.3) |
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Armor, ca. 1575, Inscribed: D.G.V. Lochorst, Flemish (possibly Antwerp), Steel, embossed and punched (38.137) |
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Armors for Man and Horse, dated 1548, Kunz Lochner (German), German (Nuremberg), Etched steel, leather (29.151.2. 32.69) |
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Arrowhead, Neolithic period, ca. 70004500 B.C., Egyptian; From the Faiyum area, Chert (26.253.59) |
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Arrowheads, early 1st millennium B.C., Caucasus Mountain region, Bronze (1991.314.3-.8) |
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Axe, 19th20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Luba, Songye, Iron, copper, wood (1978.412.370) |
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"Barbute" sallet, ca. 147080, Italian (Milan), Steel (04.3.232) |
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Bard made for Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxony-Coburg, dated 1548,
Attributed to Kunz Lochner (German),
German (Nuremberg),
Steel, brass (32.69) |
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Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055) |
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Blade for a dagger (tanto), late 13thearly 14th century; Kamakura period, Made by Rai Kunitoshi (Japanese), Steel (1991.373a) |
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Blade for a Katana (Sword), Muromachi period, dated 1526, Masazane (Japanese), Japanese, Steel (2001.574) |
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Blades and mountings for a pair of swords (daisho), long sword: dated 1440; short sword: 15th century; Muromachi period, Long sword (katana) inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen; short sword (wakizashi) attributed to Yasumitsu, Japanese, Steel; Short sword (wakizashi) (36.120.417,418) |
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"Blind" shaffron for the joust, ca. 1490,
German,
Steel, brass, textile (04.3.292)
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Bow case and quiver, 15th17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, shellac, wood, iron, and gold (2003.344ac) |
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Bow-shaped fitting, 13th10th century B.C., Northwest China, Bronze (26.203.2) |
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Breast defense (peytral) and detail of a pair of neck defenses (crinet) from a horse armor, 15th17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1997.242ac) |
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Breast defense (peytral) from a horse armor, 15th17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1999.36) |
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Bridle, 15th17th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, leather, and gold (2005.73a) |
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Bridle, 15th17th century,
Tibetan,
Leather, iron, and gold (1998.282) |
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Burgonet with Falling Buffe, ca. 1555, French (Paris), Steel, blued and gilded (04.3.217; 22.140) |
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Burgonet, 1543, Made by Filippo Negroli, Italian (Milan), Steel, embossed and damascened with gold (17.190.1720) |
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Cantle plate, 1563,
German (Augsburg),
Steel (21.102.9) |
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Cavalry armor, 18th19th century,
Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese,
Iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile (36.25.25, .28, .351, .476, .583ac,hk, .842ac, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557, 1974.160.10 ,1970.164.7a,b) |
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Cavalry Armor, ca. 1600, Italian (Milan), Steel, engraved, gilt, silvered, and damascened in gold (38.148.1an) |
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Cavalry Helmet (Zischägge), ca. 163040, German, Steel, gold, brass, leather, textile (14.25.611) |
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Ceremonial ax, ca. 500 B.C.200 A.D., Indonesia, Translucent agate (2000.284.67) |
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Ceremonial Knife (tumi), 10th15th century, Peru; Chimú, Copper (1987.394.216) |
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Ceremonial object in the form of an ax head, 500 B.C.300 A.D., Indonesia (Sulawesi), Bronze (1993.525) |
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Ceremonial Sword (Udamalore), 17th19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.122) |
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Chariot Trappings, 200400, Provincial Roman, perhaps Thrace, Copper alloy with champlevé enamel (2000.505a-o) |
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Chess piece (knight), ca. 1350–60,
Western European (perhaps English),
Ivory (68.95) |
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Chess Piece in the Form of a Knight, ca. 1250,
English,
Walrus ivory (17.190.231) |
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Close helmet with mask visor, ca. 1515, Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid (German), Augsburg, Germany, Steel, embossed, etched, and gilt (04.3.286a) |
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Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, ca. 1853,
Made by Samuel Colt (inventor and manufacturer); Decorated by Gustave Young (engraver),
American (Hartford, Conn.),
Steel, brass, gold, walnut (1995.336) |
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Congressional presentation sword of Major General John E. Wool, 1854–55,
United States, possibly Baltimore,
Steel, gold, gilded brass, diamonds, rubies, wood, silver, textile (2009.8a–c) |
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Cross-hilt sword, 1600–1625,
England (London) and Germany (Solingen),
Iron, silver, wood, copper alloy, steel, and gold (2010.165) |
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Crossbow of Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, 1460, German, Wood, iron, ivory, horn, whalebone, tendon (04.3.36) |
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Cuirass (char-aina), late 18th19th century, Probably Indian, Steel, gold (48.92.1) |
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Cuirass and Tassets (Torso and Thigh Defense), ca. 151020, Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid (German), German (Augsburg), Etched steel (38.143) |
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Curb Bit, ca. 1350, Spanish, Iron, bronze, enameled and gilt (04.3.478a,b) |
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Dagger (kard), ca. 1800; Qajar, Iranian, Steel, ivory, gold (36.25.1043) |
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Dagger hilt, ca. 1450; Timurid, Iranian; Attributed to Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Greenish black nephrite (02.18.765) |
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Dagger with hilt in the form of a blue bull (nilgai), Mughal period (1526–1858), ca. 1640, India, Hilt: nephrite, blade: watered steel (1985.58a,b) |
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Dagger with jeweled hilt, Mughal period (1526–1858), ca. 1605–27, Northern India, Hilt: gold, rubies, colored glass, blade: crucible steel, scabbard: wood, velvet, gold inset with rubies and colored glass (1984.332) |
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Dagger, 19th century, Caucasian, Steel, wood, silver, niello (81.1.599) |
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Design for a Saddle Plate, ca. 1575–80,
Italy (Parma or Milan),
Pen and colored washes on paper (1993.234) |
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Design for a Sword Hilt, ca. 1540, German (probably Nuremberg), Pen, ink, and wash on paper (2000.27) |
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Double-Barrel Percussion Shotgun, 1866, Made by J.C.A. Brun; Designed by Fannières Brothers; Engraved by Tissot, French; Paris, Steel, walnut, gold (1993.415) |
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Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol of Emperor Charles V, ca. 154045, Made by Peter Peck, German (Munich), Steel, etched and gilded; wood, inlaid with engraved staghorn (14.25.1425) |
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Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor, ca. 150510, Christian Schreiner the Younger (Mühlau), Austrian (Innsbruck/Mühlau), Steel (1991.4) |
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Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor, ca. 1510, Italian (Milan), Steel, etched and gilded (14.25.716) |
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Escutcheon plate from a shaffron, ca. 1530–40,
German (probably Augsburg),
Steel and gold (1985.259.2) |
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Field Ensign, ca. 1500; Mamluk, Syria, Steel (36.25.1961) |
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Flat cane shield with iron struts, possibly 14th16th century,
Tibetan,
Cane, iron, and brass (2001.55) |
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Flintlock Gun, ca. 1620, Made by Pierre Le Bourgeois (died 1627), French (Lisieux), Steel, chiseled, blued, and gilded; wood, inlaid with silver, brass, and engraved mother-of-pearl; brass-gilt (1972.223) |
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Flintlock gun, dated 1735,
Louis Jaley (steel chiseler; French); Nicolas Carteron (barrelsmith; French); Joseph Blachon (stockmaker; French),
France (Saint-Étienne),
Steel, gold, silver, wood (1987.274) |
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Forearm guard for the left arm, possibly 15th16th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, shellac, gold, and pigments (2005.301.2) |
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Forehead and poll plate from a shaffron, 15th–18th century,
Tibet,
Iron, gold, and silver (2008.291) |
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Front of a cuirass, 4th century B.C., Greek, Apulian, Bronze (1992.180.3a) |
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Funerary relief, ca. 325–300 B.C.,
Greek, South Italian, Tarentine,
Limestone (29.54) |
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Half-shaffron, ca. 1570–80,
Italian (probably Milan),
Steel, gold, brass, leather, hemp (14.25.1666) |
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Hand-and-half sword, ca. 14001430,
Probably Germany,
Steel and copper alloy (2006.564) |
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Harness Decoration, 100300, Celtic or Roman, Copper alloy (48.154.5) |
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Harquebus Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal, ca. 1683, Attributed to Richard Holden, English (London), Steel, engraved, blued, and gilded (15.113.1-5; 29.158.885) |
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Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Iron, leather, and brass or copper alloy (1997.242d)
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Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Iron, leather, gold, brass or copper alloy, and textile (2004.402) |
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Head of a helmeted Roman soldier, ca. 5075; Flavian, Roman, Marble (25.78.62) |
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Head of a Hunting Spear, 142550, German or Austrian, Steel, inlaid with brass (14.25.321) |
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Head of the pharaoh Apries, Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Apries, ca. 589–570 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Diorite (1994.198) |
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Helmet (backview), 16th century,
Spanish,
Yellow straw with applied ornament of cut velvet (32.132) |
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Helmet (Spangenhelm), 6th century, Ostrogothic, Bronze-gilt, iron (42.50.1) |
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Helmet (Suji Kabuto), Muromachi period, 15th century, Japan, Lacquered iron, silk, stenciled leather, gilt copper (13.112.10) |
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Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto), 16th century; Momoyama period, Japanese, Lacquered iron (36.25.81) |
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Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, 14th century B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bronze (63.74) |
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Helmet, 13501450,
Mongolian or Chinese,
Iron and gold (2005.270) |
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Helmet, 15th17th century,
Mongolian,
Iron and gold (1999.120)
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Helmet, 5th century; Kofun period, Japanese, Iron, covered with copper-gilt (28.60.2) |
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Helmet, dated 18089, Caucasian, Steel, silver, niello, gold (36.25.119) |
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Helmet, late 15th century; Ak-Koyunlu/Shivran, Iranian, Steel, engraved and damascened with silver (50.87) |
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Helmet, late 7th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Cretan, Bronze (1989.281.49) |
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Helmet, mid-16th century; Ottoman period, Turkish, Steel, damascened with gold (04.3.456a) |
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Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century,
Chinese,
Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18) |
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Horse Bit, 600800, Visigothic or Byzantine, Iron inlaid with copper alloy, gold, and silver (47.100.24) |
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Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1) |
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Horse Bridle or Belt Ornaments, Gilt copper or copper alloy and cloisonné enamel (17.190.962a-j) |
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Hungarian-style Shield, ca. 15001550, Eastern European, Wood, leather, gesso, polychromy (49.57.1) |
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Hunting Sword, ca. 174050, Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann, German (possibly Munich), Steel, silver-gilt, ivory, leather (26.145.243) |
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Hunting sword, ca. 1825, Emanuel Pioté (Austrian); Jacob H. Köchert (Austrian), Steel, gold, enamel, agate, wood, leather (48.26) |
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Hunting sword, ca. 1851, French (Paris), Silver, cast, chased, partly gilt; gilt copper; steel (1987.161) |
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Knife Sheath, late 19th–early 20th century,
Paiwan people, Taiwan,
Wood, paint, metal, fiber (1990.307) |
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Knife, 12th11th century B.C., Northwest China, Bronze inlaid with turquoise (49.136.9) |
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Knife, 8th century B.C., Northeast China or southeast Inner Mongolia, Bronze (24.216.1) |
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Lamellar armor and helmet, possibly 16th17th century,
Tibetan,
Iron and leather (36.25.53a,b) |
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Leather peytral and crupper plates, early 16th century,
Possibly Flemish or German,
Hardened leather, gesso, pigment (26.235.1–.3) |
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Left side panel of a crupper, ca. 1480–1500,
Probably South German or Austrian,
Steel (29.158.606) |
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Louis XIV as Apollo, 1672,
Michel Molart (French),
Bronze (25.142.61) |
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Lunette Spearhead, 1200800 B.C.; Bronze Age, British, Copper alloy (1998.540.1) |
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Mail shirt, 15th century, Southern German (?), Steel, brass (14.25.1540) |
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Matchlock musket, 19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, wood, leather, brass, and copper (36.25.2174) |
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Morion, ca. 1560–65,
Germany (Brunswick),
Etched steel (1999.62) |
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Mount, 100300, Roman; Probably made in Gaul, Copper alloy with champlevé enamel (47.100.6) |
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Multiplate helmet of thirty-two lames, possibly 14th16th century,
Mongolian or Tibetan,
Iron, silver, gold, and brass or copper alloy (2005.146) |
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My Father Pledged Me a Sword, 1974–75,
Anselm Kiefer (German),
Watercolor, gouache, and ballpoint pen on paper (1995.14.14) |
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Netsuke: Hanging scroll with image of Shôki and demons, 19th century,
Japanese,
Ivory (10.211.513) |
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New Model No. 3 Single-Action Revolver, 1888–89,
Smith & Wesson (American); Tiffany & Co. (American),
Springfield, Massachusetts, and New York,
Serial no. 25120: partly nickel-plated steel, silver (2007.477) |
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Ornamental Knife (Tumi), 15th16th century, Peru; Inka, Tin bronze (1987.394.411) |
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Pair of flintlock pistols of Empress Catherine the Great, 1786, Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian), Russian (Saint Petersburg), Steel, ivory, gold, and brass (1986.265.12) |
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Pair of flintlock pistols, 18001801, Samuel Brunn (English); Michael Barnett (English), Steel, wood, silver, gold (1992.330.1-.2) |
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Pair of snaphaunce pistols, ca. 1690,
Matteo Cecchi, called Acquafresca (Italian),
Italy (Bargi),
Steel, silver, ebony (2006.471.1,2) |
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Pair of stirrups, 16th18th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, and silver (1997.214.2a,b) |
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Pair of stirrups, late 16th–early 17th century,
Japan,
Iron, lacquer, and mother-of-pearl (2008.120.1, 2008.120.2) |
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Pair of Tournament Pauldrons, ca. 1500, Lorenz Helmschmid (German), German (Augsburg), Steel (29.156.67 h,j) |
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Parade helmet à l'antique, ca. 162030, French (possibly Paris), Steel, brass, paint, and textile (1997.341) |
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Parade Helmet in Hispano-Moresque Style, late 15thearly 16th century, Spanish, Steel, gold, silver, cloisonné enamel (1983.413) |
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Parade helmet, possibly early 17th century, Turkish, Gilt copper (1995.68) |
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Parade shield, late 16th century,
Venice,
Wood, leather, iron, silver, varnish, and polychromy (42.50.31) |
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Parrying dagger (pugnale bolognese), ca. 155075, Italian, Partly gilt steel, brass, and wood (26.145.94) |
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Parrying Shield, 19th–early 20th century,
Southeastern region, Australia,
Wood (1978.412.865) |
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Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, 150615 Spanish (41.190.482) |
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Pommel plate, ca. 1580,
French or Flemish,
Steel and gold (29.171) |
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Portions of a Costume Armor, ca. 1525, Kolman Helmschmid, German (Augsburg), Steel, embossed, etched, and gilded (24.179; 26.188.1,2) |
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Portrait of a Man in Armor with Two Pages,
Paris Bordon (Italian, Venetian),
Oil on canvas (1973.311.1) |
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Powder flask, late 17th century,
German,
Ivory, silver-gilt, steel (2007.479.2) |
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Presentation coin (Doppelguldiner), 1517,
Ulrich Ursentaler (Austrian),
Dutch (Antwerp); dies cut in Halle, Austria, 1509,
Silver (26.261.14) |
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Presentation Smallsword, 179899, Made by James Morisset, English (London), Silver-gilt, enamel, paste jewels, steel (26.145.315) |
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Presentation Sword, ca. 181517, Made by John Targee (silversmith), American (New York), Gold, steel (22.19) |
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Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony, 1606, Hilt by Israel Schuech (Dresden); Blade by Juan Martinez (Toledo, Spain), German (Dresden), Steel, bronze-gilt with traces of enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls (1970.77) |
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Ritual Sword, ca. 15th century Tibet Steel with gold and silver inlays (1985.397) |
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Rowel Spur, ca. 1400, Spanish, Catalan, Copper, gold, and enamel (14.25.1737) |
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Saber, 16th century; Ottoman, Turkish, Steel inlaid with gold, precious stones, fishskin (36.25.1297) |
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Saber, 18th and 19th century,
Turkey,
Steel, nephrite, gold (36.25.1293) |
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Saber, 19th century; Ottoman period, Turkish, Steel, gold, diamonds, emeralds, pearls (23.232.2) |
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Saddle, 15th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, wood, and leather (2002.225) |
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Saddle, 17th18th century,
Eastern Tibetan or Chinese for the Tibetan market,
Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and textile (1997.214.1)
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Saddle, ca. 1400–1420,
Central Europe, perhaps Bohemia,
Staghorn, lindenwood, rawhide, birchbark, paint (40.66) |
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Saddle, ca. 1570–80,
Italian (Milan),
Wood, textiles, iron, leather, steel, and gold (04.3.252) |
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Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head, 147080, Italian, Steel, copper-gilt, glass, polychromy (23.141) |
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Set of saddle plates, ca. 1400,
Tibetan or Chinese,
Iron, gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise (1999.118) |
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Shaffron and crinet plate, ca. 1555,
Kunz Lochner (German),
German (Nuremberg),
Steel, etched, gilt, and painted; gilt brass (21.42) (14.25.854) |
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Shaffron in the "Oriental" fashion, ca. 1560–70,
Italian (probably Brescia),
Steel, brass, leather (14.25.1664) |
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Shaffron of Henry II of France when Dauphin, ca. 1490–1500, redecorated 1539,
Attributed to Romain des Ursins (Milan, rec. Lyon),
Franco-Italian,
Steel, gold, brass (04.3.253) |
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Shaffron, ca. 1540,
German (probably Landshut),
Steel, pewter, leather, textile (14.25.1644) |
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Shaft-hole axhead with a bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, late 3rdearly 2nd millennium B.C., Central Asia (Bactria-Margiana), Silver, gold foil (1982.5) |
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Shield (Grere'o [?]), early to mid-19th century,
Solomon Islands, shield: probably New Georgia or Guadalcanal Island, inlay: possibly Santa Isabel Island,
Fiber, parinarium nut paste, chambered nautilus shell, pigment (1978.412.730) |
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Shield (Wunda), 19th–early 20th century,
Western Australia,
Wood, paint (1979.206.1532) |
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Shield of Henry II of France, ca. 1555, Probably after designs by Étienne Delaune, French (Paris), Steel, embossed and damascened with gold and silver (34.85) |
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Shield, 19th20th century, Kenya or Tanzania; Maasai people, Leather, wood, paint, fur (1978.412.644) |
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Shield, 19th–early 20th century,
Probably western Queensland, Australia,
Wood, paint (1979.206.1688) |
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Shield, 19th–early 20th century,
Western Australia (?),
Wood, paint (1979.206.1610) |
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Shield, ca. 1535, Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso (Italian), Italian (probably Bologna), Wood, linen, gesso, gold leaf, polychromy (42.50.16) |
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Shield, early to mid-20th century,
Wunambal people, western Kimberley Region, Western Australia,
Wood, paint (1978.412.757) |
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Shield, mid- to late 19th century,
Northeastern Queensland, Australia,
Wood, paint (1979.206.1802) |
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Shield, mid-20th century,
Asmat people, Monu village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia,
Wood, paint (1978.412.929) |
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Shirt of mail and plate, plates dated A.H. 1042 / 1632–33 A.D.,
India and Iran,
Iron, steel, gold, leather (2008.245) |
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Short sword (duan jian), ca. 4th1st century B.C., Eastern Central Asia, Steel, bronze, and gold (1998.418) |
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Sickle sword, 13071275 B.C.; Middle Assyrian period, reign of Adad-nirari I, Mesopotamia, Bronze (11.166.1) |
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Smallsword with scabbard, hallmarked for 1773–74,
Master GG (active Paris),
France (Paris),
Gold, steel, wood, fish skin (1998.35a,b) |
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Snaphuance hunting rifle, dated 1722, Jonas Schertiger the Younger (Swedish), Swedish (Stockholm), Steel, walnut, brass, and horn (1997.356) |
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Spear Thrower, 19th–early 20th century,
Kalgoorlie Region (?), Western Australia,
Wood, spinifex resin, sinew, stone (1978.412.837) |
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Spear, 17th19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, silver, wood, and pigments (2004.340a,b) |
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Spear, 18th19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, wood, yak hair, and silk (2001.179a,b) |
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Spearhead, 12th century B.C.; Late Bronze Age, Cypriot, Copper-based metal (74.51.5283) |
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Spearhead, 17th18th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, and silver (2001.180) |
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Spearhead, Late Jomon period (ca. 15001000 B.C.), Japan, Stone (1975.268.200) |
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Statue of a wounded warrior, ca. 138181 A.D.; Antonine; copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 460450 B.C., Roman, Marble (25.116) |
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Stirrup, 975–1075,
Anglo-Scandinavian, possibly from southern England,
Iron inlaid with copper alloy (47.100.23) |
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Studies of a Seated Youth in Armor, Attributed to Vittore Carpaccio (Carpathius, Scarpazza) (Italian, Venetian), Italian, Point of brush and gray wash, highlighted with white, on blue paper (54.119) |
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Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532,
Venice,
Woodcut on paper (42.41.1) |
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Sword and Sheath, 19th20th century, Owo-Yoruba peoples; Nigeria, Cotton, glass beads, wood, brass, rope (1993.500.1) |
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Sword blade (katana), Edo period (1615–1868), dated June 1622,
Kanewaka, also known as Takahira (Japanese),
Steel (2007.478.2a, b)
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Sword guard (tsuba), 19th century; Edo period, Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese), Japanese, Shakudo, gold, shibuichi, copper (36.120.79) |
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Sword hilt with the Virgin Mary, Saint Michael, and Satan, ca. 1882,
Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (sculptor; French); Germain Bapst (goldsmith; French); Lucien Falize (goldsmith; French); in partnership 1880–92,
France (Paris),
Bronze, gold (1989.229) |
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Sword, 10th century, European (possibly Scandinavian), Steel, copper, silver (55.46.1) |
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Sword, 14th16th century,
Tibetan or Chinese,
Iron, gold, and silver (1995.136)
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Sword, 17th19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, silver, gold, turquoise, wood, and textile (36.25.1464) |
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Sword, ca. 1400, Western European, Steel, silver, copper, leather (32.75.225) |
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Sword, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Iron Age (La Tène), Celtic, Iron blade, copper alloy hilt and scabbard (1999.94a-d) |
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Swords, with scabbard mounts, Sui dynasty, ca. 600, Chinese, Iron, gilt bronze, silver, wood (30.65.2) |
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Tanto (Dagger), Kamakura and Edo period, Blade dated November 1333; Mountings 19th century, Uda Kunimitsu (Japanese), Blade: steel; mountings: silver, copper, gold, shakudo, ray skin, sharkskin, and wood (1998.127.2) |
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Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar) with figural medallion, 3rd century B.C.; Ptolemaic,
Greek (90.9.67) |
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Terret (Rein Guide), 1st century A.D., Celtic; Britain, Copper alloy, with champlevé enamel (1988.79) |
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Throwing Club, mid-19th–early 20th century,
Southeastern region, Australia,
Wood (1978.412.870) |
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Tobacco Pipe, 19th20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Chokwe (?), Wood, brass, leather (1977.462.1) |
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Tournament book, late 16th/early 17th century,
German (Nuremberg),
Pen and colored wash on paper, leather (22.229) |
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Tournament Helm (Stechhelm), ca. 1500, German (probably Nuremberg), Steel, brass (29.156.67a) |
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Tournament Shield (Targe), ca. 1450, German, Wood, leather, linen, gesso, polychromy, silver (25.26.1) |
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Two Shield Bosses, 7th century, Langobardic, Iron, gilt bronze (1984.184.1,2) |
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Vermand Treasure: Belt Buckle and Three Mounts for Spear Shafts, ca. 400, Provincial Roman; Found in Vermand, France, Silver gilt inlaid with niello (17.192.143–.146) |
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Visored sallet, ca. 147085, Hans Blarer the Younger, German/Swiss (Basel), Steel (29.158.11) |
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War Hat (chapel-de-fer), ca. 1475, Western European (probably Burgundy), Steel (04.3.228) |
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Wheel-lock Rifle, ca. 168090, Johann Michael Maucher (German), German (Schwäbisch Gmünd), Engraved steel; wood, inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl (42.50.8) |
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Yatagan, ca. 1525–30,
Made by the Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü,
Turkey (Istanbul),
Steel, walrus ivory, gold, silver, rubies, turquoise, pearl (1993.14) |
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