Arms and Armor | Subject Index | Timeline of Art History

		Amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic; black-figure, Attributed to the manner of the Lysippides Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.171.14)

		Armet with Wrapper, ca. 1460–70 (armet), 1450 (wrapper), Italian, Steel (20.150.1)

		*Armor (Gusoku)*, 16th and 18th centuries; Edo period, Japanese, Lacquered iron, mail, silk, copper-gilt (14.100.172)

		*Armor (yoroi)*, Late Kamakura period, early 14th century, Japanese, Lacquered iron and leather, silk, stenciled leather, copper-gilt (14.100.121)

		Armor for Field and Tournament, 1527, Made in the Royal Workshops, English (Greenwich), Steel, etched and gilded overall (19.131.1,2)

		Armor for Heavy Cavalry, ca. 1600, French, Steel, etched and gilt; leather; textile (27.177.1,2)

		Armor for Henry II of France, ca. 1555, After designs by Étienne Delaune, French (Paris), Steel, embossed, blued, silvered, and gilded (39.121)

		Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I, 1549, Made by Kunz Lochner, German (Nuremberg), Etched steel (33.164)

		Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland, ca. 1580–85, Made in the Royal Workshops, English (Greenwich), Steel, etched, blued, and gilded (32.130.6)

		Armor of heavy cavalry, ca. 1610–20, Italian (Milan or Brescia), Steel, gold, leather, and textile (2002.130a–p)

		Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias, 1712, Made by Drouar (possibly André Drouart), French (Paris), Steel, blued and gilded; brass-gilt; silk; cotton; metallic yarn; paper (1989.3)

		Armor, ca. 1400 and later, Italian, Steel, brass, textile (29.154.3)

		Armor, ca. 1575, Inscribed: D.G.V. Lochorst, Flemish (possibly Antwerp), Steel, embossed and punched (38.137)

		Armors for Man and Horse, dated 1548, Kunz Lochner (German), German (Nuremberg), Etched steel, leather (29.151.2. 32.69)

		Arrowhead, Neolithic period, ca. 7000–4500 B.C., Egyptian; From the Faiyum area, Chert (26.253.59)

		Arrowheads, early 1st millennium B.C., Caucasus Mountain region, Bronze (1991.314.3-.8)

		Axe, 19th–20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Luba, Songye, Iron, copper, wood (1978.412.370)

		"Barbute" sallet, ca. 1470–80, Italian (Milan), Steel (04.3.232)

		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)

		*Blade for a dagger (tanto)*, late 13th–early 14th century; Kamakura period, Made by Rai Kunitoshi (Japanese), Steel (1991.373a)

		Blade for a Katana (Sword), Muromachi period, dated 1526, Masazane (Japanese), Japanese, Steel (2001.574)

		*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)

		Bow case and quiver, 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Leather, shellac, wood, iron, and gold (2003.344a–c)

		Bow-shaped fitting, 13th–10th century B.C., Northwest China, Bronze (26.203.2)

		Breast defense (peytral) and detail of a pair of neck defenses (crinet) from a horse armor, 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1997.242a–c)

		Breast defense (peytral) from a horse armor, 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1999.36)

		Bridle, 15th–17th century, Tibetan, Iron, leather, and gold (2005.73a)

		Bridle, 15th–17th century, Tibetan, Leather, iron, and gold (1998.282)

		Burgonet with Falling Buffe, ca. 1555, French (Paris), Steel, blued and gilded (04.3.217; 22.140)

		Burgonet, 1543, Made by Filippo Negroli, Italian (Milan), Steel, embossed and damascened with gold (17.190.1720)

		Cavalry armor, 18th–19th century, Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese, Iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile (36.25.25, .28, .351, .476, .583a–c,h–k, .842a–c, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557, 1974.160.10 ,1970.164.7a,b)

		Cavalry Armor, ca. 1600, Italian (Milan), Steel, engraved, gilt, silvered, and damascened in gold (38.148.1a–n)

		*Cavalry Helmet (Zischägge)*, ca. 1630–40, German, Steel, gold, brass, leather, textile (14.25.611)

		Ceremonial ax, ca. 500 B.C.–200 A.D., Indonesia, Translucent agate (2000.284.67)

		*Ceremonial Knife (tumi)*, 10th–15th century, Peru; Chimú, Copper (1987.394.216)

		Ceremonial object in the form of an ax head, 500 B.C.–300 A.D., Indonesia (Sulawesi), Bronze (1993.525)

		*Ceremonial Sword (Udamalore)*, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.122)

		Chariot Trappings, 200–400, Provincial Roman, perhaps Thrace, Copper alloy with champlevé enamel (2000.505a-o)

		Close helmet with mask visor, ca. 1515, Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid (German), Augsburg, Germany, Steel, embossed, etched, and gilt (04.3.286a)

		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)

		Crossbow of Ulrich V, Duke of Württemberg, 1460, German, Wood, iron, ivory, horn, whalebone, tendon (04.3.36)

		*Cuirass (char-aina)*, late 18th–19th century, Probably Indian, Steel, gold (48.92.1)

		Cuirass and Tassets (Torso and Thigh Defense), ca. 1510–20, Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid (German), German (Augsburg), Etched steel (38.143)

		Curb Bit, ca. 1350, Spanish, Iron, bronze, enameled and gilt (04.3.478a,b)

		*Dagger (kard)*, ca. 1800; Qajar, Iranian, Steel, ivory, gold (36.25.1043)

		Dagger hilt, ca. 1450; Timurid, Iranian; Attributed to Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Greenish black nephrite (02.18.765)

		Dagger, 19th century, Caucasian, Steel, wood, silver, niello (81.1.599)

		Dagger, ca. 1620; Mughal, Indian, Steel, gold, rubies, emeralds, textile (1984.332)

		Design for a Saddle Plate, ca. 1575–80, Italian (Parma or Milan), Pen and colored washes on paper (1993.234)

		Design for a Sword Hilt, ca. 1540, German (probably Nuremberg), Pen, ink, and wash on paper (2000.27)

		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)

		Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol of Emperor Charles V, ca. 1540–45, Made by Peter Peck, German (Munich), Steel, etched and gilded; wood, inlaid with engraved staghorn (14.25.1425)

		Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor, ca. 1505–10, Christian Schreiner the Younger (Mühlau), Austrian (Innsbruck/Mühlau), Steel (1991.4)

		Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor, ca. 1510, Italian (Milan), Steel, etched and gilded (14.25.716)

		Field Ensign, ca. 1500; Mamluk, Syria, Steel (36.25.1961)

		Flat cane shield with iron struts, possibly 14th–16th century, Tibetan, Cane, iron, and brass (2001.55)

		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)

		Forearm guard for the left arm, possibly 15th–16th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Leather, shellac, gold, and pigments (2005.301.2)

		Front of a cuirass, 4th century B.C., Greek, Apulian, Bronze (1992.180.3a)

		Hand-and-half sword, ca. 1400–1430, Probably Germany, Steel and copper alloy (2006.564)

		Harness Decoration, 100–300, Celtic or Roman, Copper alloy (48.154.5)

		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)

		Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Iron, leather, and brass or copper alloy (1997.242d)

		Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Iron, leather, gold, brass or copper alloy, and textile (2004.402)

		Head of a Hunting Spear, 1425–50, German or Austrian, Steel, inlaid with brass (14.25.321)

		*Helmet (Spangenhelm)*, 6th century, Ostrogothic, Bronze-gilt, iron (42.50.1)

		*Helmet (Suji Kabuto)*, Muromachi period, 15th century, Japan, Lacquered iron, silk, stenciled leather, gilt copper (13.112.10)

		*Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto)*, 16th century; Momoyama period, Japanese, Lacquered iron (36.25.81)

		Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, 14th century B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bronze (63.74)

		Helmet (backview), 16th century, Spanish, Yellow straw with applied ornament of cut velvet (32.132)

		Helmet, 1350–1450, Mongolian or Chinese, Iron and gold (2005.270)

		Helmet, 15th–17th century, Mongolian, Iron and gold (1999.120)

		Helmet, 5th century; Kofun period, Japanese, Iron, covered with copper-gilt (28.60.2)

		Helmet, dated 1808–9, Caucasian, Steel, silver, niello, gold (36.25.119)

		Helmet, late 15th century; Ak-Koyunlu/Shivran, Iranian, Steel, engraved and damascened with silver (50.87)

		Helmet, late 7th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Cretan, Bronze (1989.281.49)

		Helmet, mid-16th century; Ottoman period, Turkish, Steel, damascened with gold (04.3.456a)

		Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century, Chinese, Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18)

		Horse Bit, 600–800, Visigothic or Byzantine, Iron inlaid with copper alloy, gold, and silver (47.100.24)

		Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1)

		Horse Bridle or Belt Ornaments, Gilt copper or copper alloy and cloisonné enamel (17.190.962a-j)

		Hungarian-style Shield, ca. 1500–1550, Eastern European, Wood, leather, gesso, polychromy (49.57.1)

		Hunting Sword, ca. 1740–50, Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann, German (possibly Munich), Steel, silver-gilt, ivory, leather (26.145.243)

		Hunting sword, ca. 1825, Emanuel Pioté (Austrian); Jacob H. Köchert (Austrian), Steel, gold, enamel, agate, wood, leather (48.26)

		Hunting sword, ca. 1851, French (Paris), Silver, cast, chased, partly gilt; gilt copper; steel (1987.161)

		Knife, 12th–11th century B.C., Northwest China, Bronze inlaid with turquoise (49.136.9)

		Knife, 8th century B.C., Northeast China or southeast Inner Mongolia, Bronze (24.216.1)

		Lamellar armor and helmet, possibly 16th–17th century, Tibetan, Iron and leather (36.25.53a,b)

		Lunette Spearhead, 1200–800 B.C.; Bronze Age, British, Copper alloy (1998.540.1)

		Mail shirt, 15th century, Southern German (?), Steel, brass (14.25.1540)

		Matchlock musket, 19th century, Tibetan, Iron, wood, leather, brass, and copper (36.25.2174)

		Multiplate helmet of thirty-two lames, possibly 14th–16th century, Mongolian or Tibetan, Iron, silver, gold, and brass or copper alloy (2005.146)

		*Ornamental Knife (Tumi)*, 15th–16th century, Peru; Inka, Tin bronze (1987.394.411)

		Pair of flintlock pistols of Empress Catherine the Great, 1786, Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian), Russian (Saint Petersburg), Steel, ivory, gold, and brass (1986.265.1–2)

		Pair of flintlock pistols, 1800–1801, Samuel Brunn (English); Michael Barnett (English), Steel, wood, silver, gold (1992.330.1-.2)

		Pair of snaphaunce pistols, ca. 1690, Matteo Cecchi, called Acquafresca (Italian), Italy; Bargi, Steel, silver, ebony (2006.471.1,2)

		Pair of stirrups, 16th–18th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, and silver (1997.214.2a,b)

		Pair of Tournament Pauldrons, ca. 1500, Lorenz Helmschmid (German), German (Augsburg), Steel (29.156.67 h,j)

		Parade helmet à l'antique, ca. 1620–30, French (possibly Paris), Steel, brass, paint, and textile (1997.341)

		Parade Helmet in Hispano-Moresque Style, late 15th–early 16th century, Spanish, Steel, gold, silver, cloisonné enamel (1983.413)

		Parade helmet, possibly early 17th century, Turkish, Gilt copper (1995.68)

		Parade shield, late 16th century, Venice, Wood, leather, iron, silver, varnish, and polychromy (42.50.31)

		*Parrying dagger (pugnale bolognese)*, ca. 1550–75, Italian, Partly gilt steel, brass, and wood (26.145.94)

		Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, 1506–15 Spanish (41.190.482)

		Portions of a Costume Armor, ca. 1525, Kolman Helmschmid, German (Augsburg), Steel, embossed, etched, and gilded (24.179; 26.188.1,2)

		Portrait of a Man in Armor with Two Pages, Paris Bordon (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1973.311.1)

		Presentation Smallsword, 1798–99, Made by James Morisset, English (London), Silver-gilt, enamel, paste jewels, steel (26.145.315)

		Presentation Sword, ca. 1815–17, Made by John Targee (silversmith), American (New York), Gold, steel (22.19)

		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)

		Ritual Sword, ca. 15th century Tibet Steel with gold and silver inlays (1985.397)

		Rowel Spur, ca. 1400, Spanish, Catalan, Copper, gold, and enamel (14.25.1737)

		Saber, 16th century; Ottoman, Turkish, Steel inlaid with gold, precious stones, fishskin (36.25.1297)

		Saber, 19th century; Ottoman period, Turkish, Steel, gold, diamonds, emeralds, pearls (23.232.2)

		Saddle, 15th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, wood, and leather (2002.225)

		Saddle, 17th–18th century, Eastern Tibetan or Chinese for the Tibetan market, Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and textile (1997.214.1)

		Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head, 1470–80, Italian, Steel, copper-gilt, glass, polychromy (23.141)

		Set of saddle plates, ca. 1400, Tibetan or Chinese, Iron, gold, lapis lazuli, and turquoise (1999.118)

		Shaft-hole axhead with a bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Central Asia (Bactria-Margiana), Silver, gold foil (1982.5)

		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)

		Shield, 19th–20th century, Kenya or Tanzania; Maasai people, Leather, wood, paint, fur (1978.412.644)

		Shield, ca. 1535, Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso (Italian), Italian (probably Bologna), Wood, linen, gesso, gold leaf, polychromy (42.50.16)

		*Short sword (duan jian)*, ca. 4th–1st century B.C., Eastern Central Asia, Steel, bronze, and gold (1998.418)

		Sickle sword, 1307–1275 B.C.; Middle Assyrian period, reign of Adad-nirari I, Mesopotamia, Bronze (11.166.1)

		Snaphuance hunting rifle, dated 1722, Jonas Schertiger the Younger (Swedish), Swedish (Stockholm), Steel, walnut, brass, and horn (1997.356)

		Spear, 17th–19th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, silver, wood, and pigments (2004.340a,b)

		Spear, 18th–19th century, Tibetan, Iron, wood, yak hair, and silk (2001.179a,b)

		Spearhead, 12th century B.C.; Late Bronze Age, Cypriot, Copper-based metal (74.51.5283)

		Spearhead, 17th–18th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, and silver (2001.180)

		Spearhead, Late Jomon period (ca. 1500–1000 B.C.), Japan, Stone (1975.268.200)

		Statue of a wounded warrior, ca. 138–181 A.D.; Antonine; copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 460–450 B.C., Roman, Marble (25.116)

		Stirrup, 900–1100, Viking; Scandinavia, Iron with copper alloy inlays (47.100.23)

		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)

		Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532, Venice, Woodcut on paper (42.41.1)

		Sword and Sheath, 19th–20th century, Owo-Yoruba peoples; Nigeria, Cotton, glass beads, wood, brass, rope (1993.500.1)

		*Sword guard (tsuba)*, 19th century; Edo period, Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese), Japanese, Shakudo, gold, shibuichi, copper (36.120.79)

		Sword, 10th century, European (possibly Scandinavian), Steel, copper, silver (55.46.1)

		Sword, 14th–16th century, Tibetan or Chinese, Iron, gold, and silver (1995.136)

		Sword, 17th–19th century, Tibetan, Iron, silver, gold, turquoise, wood, and textile (36.25.1464)

		Sword, ca. 1400, Western European, Steel, silver, copper, leather (32.75.225)

		Sword, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Iron Age (La Tène), Celtic, Iron blade, copper alloy hilt and scabbard (1999.94a-d)

		Swords, with scabbard mounts, Sui dynasty, ca. 600, Chinese, Iron, gilt bronze, silver, wood (30.65.2)

		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)

		Tarantine grave relief, ca. 325–300 B.C., Greek, South Italian (Tarantine), Limestone (29.54)

		Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar) with figural medallion, 3rd century B.C.; Ptolemaic, Greek (90.9.67)

		Terret (Rein Guide), 1st century A.D., Celtic; Britain, Copper alloy, with champlevé enamel (1988.79)

		Tobacco Pipe, 19th–20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Chokwe (?), Wood, brass, leather (1977.462.1)

		Tournament Book, late 16th century, German (Nuremberg), Pen and colored wash on paper (22.229)

		*Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)*, ca. 1500, German (probably Nuremberg), Steel, brass (29.156.67a)

		Tournament Shield (Targe), ca. 1450, German, Wood, leather, linen, gesso, polychromy, silver (25.26.1)

		Two Shield Bosses, 7th century, Langobardic, Iron, gilt bronze (1984.184.1,2)

		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)

		Visored sallet, ca. 1470–85, Hans Blarer the Younger, German/Swiss (Basel), Steel (29.158.11)

		War Hat (chapel-de-fer), ca. 1475, Western European (probably Burgundy), Steel (04.3.228)

		Wheel-lock Rifle, ca. 1680–90, Johann Michael Maucher (German), German (Schwäbisch Gmünd), Engraved steel; wood, inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl (42.50.8)

		Knife Sheath, late 19th–early 20th century, Paiwan people, Taiwan, Wood, paint, metal, fiber (1990.307)

		Parrying Shield, 19th–early 20th century, Southeastern region, Australia, Wood (1978.412.865)

		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)

		Shield (Wunda), 19th–early 20th century, Western Australia, Wood, paint (1979.206.1532)

		Shield, 19th–early 20th century, Probably western Queensland, Australia, Wood, paint (1979.206.1688)

		Shield, 19th–early 20th century, Western Australia (?), Wood, paint (1979.206.1610)

		Shield, early to mid-20th century, Wunambal people, western Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Wood, paint (1978.412.757)

		Shield, mid- to late 19th century, Northeastern Queensland, Australia, Wood, paint (1979.206.1802)

		Shield, mid-20th century, Asmat people, Monu village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia, Wood, paint (1978.412.929)

		Spear Thrower, 19th–early 20th century, Kalgoorlie Region (?), Western Australia, Wood, spinifex resin, sinew, stone (1978.412.837)

		Throwing Club, mid-19th–early 20th century, Southeastern region, Australia, Wood (1978.412.870)

		*Yatagan*, ca. 1525–30, Made by the Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü, Turkish (Istanbul), Steel, walrus ivory, gold, silver, rubies, turquoise, pearl (1993.14)