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146 Results Found

Image	Title of Work of Art	Artist or Culture of Origin	Date or Style or Period	Materials and Techniques	Accession Number	Collection
	Short sword (duan jian)		ca. 4th–1st century B.C.	Steel, bronze, and gold	1998.418	Arms and Armor
	Bashford Dean Memorial collection, Funds from various donors, by exchange, 1998
	Smallsword with scabbard	Master GG	hallmarked for 1773–74	Gold, steel, wood, fish skin	1998.35a,b	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Gift of William H. Riggs, by exchange and Annie Laurie Aitken Trust Gift, 1998
	Snaphuance hunting rifle	Jonas Schertiger the Younger	dated 1722	Steel, walnut, brass, and horn	1997.356	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Gifts of Albrecht Radziwill and Charles M. Schott, Jr., by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1997
	Spear		17th–19th century	Iron, gold, silver, wood, and pigments	2004.340a,b	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Gift of Kenneth and Vivian Lam, and Funds from Various Donors, 2004
	Spear		18th–19th century	Iron, wood, yak hair, and silk	2001.179a,b	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001
	Spearhead		17th–18th century	Iron, gold, and silver	2001.180	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001
	Surcoat (jimbaori)		17th century; Edo period (1615–1868)	Silk, felt, metallic thread, lacquered w...	2006.95	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Charles and Ellen Baber Gift, 2006
	Sword		10th century	Steel, copper, silver	55.46.1	Arms and Armor
	Rogers Fund, 1955
	Sword		14th–16th century	Iron, gold, and silver	1995.136	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Rogers Fund and Fletcher Fund, by exchange, 1995
	Sword		17th–19th century	Iron, silver, gold, turquoise, wood, and...	36.25.1464	Arms and Armor
	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
	Sword		ca. 1400	Steel, silver, copper, leather	32.75.225	Arms and Armor
	The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932
	Sword blade (katana)	Kanewaka, also known as Takahira	dated June 1622; Edo period (1615—1868)	Steel	2007.478.2a,b	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., in memory of Dr. Frederick M. Pederson, 2007
	Sword guard (tsuba)	Ishiguro Masayoshi	19th century; Edo period (1615–1868)	Shakudo, gold, shibuichi, copper	36.120.79	Arms and Armor
	The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
	Sword hilt with the Virgin Mary, Saint Michael, and Satan	Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse; Germain ...	ca. 1882	Bronze, gold	1989.229	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Gift of William H. Riggs, by exchange, 1989
	Swords, with scabbard mounts		ca. 600; Sui dynasty (581–618)	Iron, gilt bronze, silver, wood	30.65.1,2	Arms and Armor
	Gift of George D. Pratt, 1930 (30.65.1); Gift of Clarence H. Mackay, 1930
	Tanto (Dagger)	Uda Kunimitsu	Blade dated November 1333; Mountings 19th century; Kamakura (1185–1333) and Edo period (1615–1868)	Blade: steel; mountings: silver, copper,...	1998.127.2	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, 1998
	Tournament Book		late 16th/early 17th century	Pen and colored wash on paper, leather	22.229	Arms and Armor
	Rogers Fund, 1922
	Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)		ca. 1500	Steel, brass	29.156.67a	Arms and Armor
	Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1929
	Tournament Shield (Targe)		ca. 1450	Wood, leather, linen, gesso, polychromy,...	25.26.1	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Mrs. Florence Blumenthal, 1925
	Two Shield Bosses		7th century	Iron, gilt bronze	1984.184.1,2	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1984
	uidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino		ca. 1580	Oil on copper, frame of gilded copper	2009.224	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2009
	Visored sallet	Hans Blarer the Younger	ca. 1470–85	Steel	29.158.11	Arms and Armor
	Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
	Walter Devereux (1539-1576), First Earl of Essex	British Painter	dated 1572	Oil on wood	20.151.6	Arms and Armor
	Rogers Fund, 1920
	War Hat (chapel-de-fer)		ca. 1475	Steel	04.3.228	Arms and Armor
	Rogers Fund, 1904
	Wheel-lock Rifle	Johann Michael Maucher	ca. 1680–90	Engraved steel; wood, inlaid with ivory ...	42.50.8	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
	Yatagan	Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü	ca. 1525–30	Steel, walrus ivory, gold, silver, rubie...	1993.14	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1993

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