deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Halberd for the Bodyguard of Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein
Object type: arm
Date: 1632 – 1632
Materials: iron, metal alloy, metal, silk, steel, textile, wood
Techniques: gilding
Culture: german
Location: southern germany
Inscriptions: Interlaced initials C (Carolus) on apical blade; Liechtenstein heraldic arms surmounted by a prince's crown on obverse; hammer & peaked anvil with "Virtute elvditvr ictvs" on reverse; letter G carved on staff.

Pole arms (staff weapons) were used not only in warfare and hunting, but also in sporting combat and ceremonies. The term refers to a family of edged weapons attached to wooden staffs. With the exception of the lance, which remained the weapon of the mounted knight, all other staff weapons were wielded by men on foot by 1600. With the development of firearms and their introduction as infantry weapons, pole arms lost their importance on the field, and from the mid-16th century, they were reserved for use in sporting contests and by princely bodyguards for ceremony and parade. The blades lent themselves to embellishment—engraving, etching, or other forms of decoration—and provided a perfect surface for the coats of arms of noble or princely families. The ceremonial use of staff weapons continues to this day with the Swiss Guards at the Vatican and Britain’s Yeomen of the Royal Guard.
Annunciaties uit de bijbel
Object type: print
Date: 1586 – 1586
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: haarlem
Subjects: annunciation of the birth of john the baptist to zacharias: while he is offering incense in the temple an angel (gabriel) appears to him
Inscriptions: signature and address: ‘HGoltzius inuent et excud./ A. Colaert sculp.’, collector's mark: Lugt 240

Goltzius heeft deze prent ontworpen en uitgegeven. Het vervaardigen van de plaat is echter uitgevoerd door Adriaen Collaert. Serie van zes, alle exemplaren aanwezig in het RPK. Jacobs, G.
Brief aan Philip Zilcken
Object type: letter
Date: 1902 – 1902
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: katwijk aan zee
Artist: jan toorop
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1858 – 1928
Subjects: the hague, painter, draughtsman, philip zilcken, workshop, studio of the artist (in general), historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life), rotterdam
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Roma - Museo Capitolino - Cinocefalo
Object type: photograph
Date: 1906 – 1927
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print, writing
Location: rome
Subjects: statues, paintings, etc. ~ objects of worship (egyptian religion), permanent exhibition, museum
Inscriptions: postage stamp, collector's mark: ‘AFE v S’
Terracotta jug in the shape of a head of a Black African
Object type: jug in the shape of a head of an african
Date: 201 – 300
Materials: terracotta
Culture: roman
Subjects: heads

Red-glazed jug in the form of a Black African's head.
Offeren van een kat
Object type: print
Date: 1718 – 1718
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: bernard picart
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1673 – 1733
Subjects: cat, sacrifice
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Optocht in Egypte met een kat, die naar een altaar wordt geleid.
Tweeënveertig stuiver, noodmunt uit Kampen, geslagen ter betaling van achterstallige soldij aan het garnizoen
Object type: coin
Date: 1507 – 1578
Materials: silver
Techniques: striking
Location: kampen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: kampen, tachtigjarige oorlog, inname van kampen

eenzijdige, ruitvormige noodmunt met afgeschuinde hoeken. Voorzijde: zeven stempels: wapenschild tussen waardeaanduiding, onder en boven opschriften. Keerzijde: blanco
Aankomst van koning Willem I te Scheveningen, 1813
Object type: print
Date: 1813 – 1813
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: scheveningen
Subjects: the hague, berlin, william i of the netherlands, being welcomed ~ travelling, homage to a ruler, landing of william frederick i (1813)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Aankomst van prins Willem Frederik op het strand van Scheveningen, 30 november 1813, om als soeverein vorst de regering van het land op zich te nemen. De prins staande in de boerenwagen, links de visserspink 'De Jonge Karolina' die hem naar de kust heeft gebracht. Op het strand begroet een enthousiaste menigte de prins.
Titelvignet met Neptunus en Mercurius aan weerszijden van het wapen van Amsterdam
Object type: print
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: johannes arnoldus boland
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1838 – 1922
Subjects: (story of) neptune (poseidon), coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal), (story of) mercury (hermes)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, signature: ‘J.A. Boland fec.’
Vrouw die op een stoel naast een wieg zit
Object type: print
Date: 1887 – 1920
Materials: paper
Techniques: aquatint, etching
Artist: albert roelofs
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1877 – 1920
Subjects: cradle, crib, mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760, collector's mark: Lugt 2228, number: ‘1219 / 21’

De vrouw leunt met haar arm op de rand van de wieg.
Teabowl and saucer
Object type: teabowl and saucer
Date: 1715 – 1715
Materials: hard paste porcelain
Subjects: coat of arms
Female figure
Object type: female figure
Date: 400 – 100
Materials: ceramic, pigment
Culture: chupicuaro
Location: mexico
Artist: chupícuaro artist(s)
Artist role: artist
Subjects: female nudes
A Beggar
Object type: print
Date: 1833 – 1838
Techniques: etching
Artist: alexandre-gabriel decamps
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1803 – 1860
VIIIe Cahier d'Arabesques
Object type: book
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Artist: juste nathan boucher
Artist role: designer
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1736 – 1782
Subjects: human figures
Constructie van een rechthoek met onderaan een wandelaar in een landschap
Object type: print
Date: 1669 – 1669
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, letterpress printing
Location: paris
Subjects: walking, hiking (recreation), planimetry, geometry

Prent uit: Pratique de la géometrie, sur le papier et sur le terrain. Avec un nouvel ordre et une méthode particulière. Parijs: Thomas Jolly, 1669.
Blad 32 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel II (1930-1949)
Object type: album leaf
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: photography, printing, writing
Location: the hague
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: further education (+ pupil), further education, the hague

Twee pagina's met gegevens van de deelnemers aan de 30e en 31e driemaandelijkse cursus resp. van 13 april tot en met 10 juli 1931 en 21 september tot en met 20 december 1931, stamboeknummers 684 tot en met 688. Onderdeel van Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel II (1930-1949).
The Fox and the Rooster from Fabulae et Vita (Fables and Life), Plate 25 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress, woodcut
Location: germany
Artist: Anonymous
Artist dates: 1400 – 1499
Prins Frederik vijftig jaar Grootmeester van de Orde der Vrijmetselaars in Nederland 1866
Object type: history medal
Date: 1866 – 1866
Materials: bronze
Techniques: striking

Bronzen penning, op de voorzijde het borstbeeld van Frederik naar links met maçonniek draagteken, met omschrift, op de keerzijde de Nederlandse Maagd met maçonnieke attributen die, onder het stralend oog Gods, een draagteken op een versierd altaar lauwert.
Tankard (Kanne)
Object type: tankard
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: pewter, stoneware
Techniques: salt glaze
Subjects: faces

German stoneware tankards were brought to America in large numbers on Dutch fur-trading ships. Shards of these popular vessels have been uncovered at seventeenth century sites in New York and New England.
The Twelfth Month (Harumachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)"
Object type: print
Date: 1784 – 1784
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: torii kiyonaga
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1752 – 1815
Vestingplattegrond van Brielle
Object type: area plan
Date: 1729 – 1729
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Subjects: fortified city, maps of cities, brielle
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent uit: Alkemade, Cornelis van, en Pieter van der Schelling. Beschryving van de Stad Brielle, en den lande van Voorn (…). Rotterdam: Philippus Losel, 1729, voor p. 1.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, bit of hair and hand of figure
Parterre du Palais de Nancy et dedie a madame la Duchesse de Lorraine
Object type: print
Date: 1625 – 1625
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: nancy
Artist: jacques callot
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1592 – 1635
Subjects: palace, french or architectonic garden; formal garden
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Young Man Playing Ushiwaka
Object type: print
Date: 1725 – 1725
Techniques: hand coloring, woodblock print, urushi
Location: japan
Artist: okumura toshinobu
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1717 – 1750
Lot en zijn dochters
Object type: drawing
Date: 1574 – 1574
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: lot and his daughters (genesis 19:30-38)
Maria met kind
Object type: sculpture
Date: 1475 – 1500
Materials: marble
Artist: bartolomeo bellano
Artist role: sculptor
Artist dates: 1437 – 1497
Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea from The Story of Cleopatra
Object type: textile
Date: 1680 – 1680
Materials: silk, wool
Techniques: interlocking, slit, tapestry, weave
Location: belgium
Artist: after a design by justus van egmont
Artist nationality: flemish
Artist dates: 1601 – 1674
Inscriptions: Marked and signed: Brussels city mark; G·V·I
Inscribed: CLEOPATRA / IN·MARI·SE / RECREAT (Cleopatra enjoys herself at sea)
18-cm Segment Shell in a Wooden Box
Object type: chest
Date: 1868 – 1868
Materials: brass, bronze, iron, lead, wood
Location: newcastle upon tyne
Inscriptions: inscription, on the lock of the box: ‘John Shaw & Sons / Wolverhampton / Safety patent lever lock.’

Een halve overlangs doormidden gezaagde puntvormige 18 cm granaat, in een houten kist. De granaat is 45 cm lang en heeft een kaliber van 176 mm. Hij heeft twee ringen bronzen nokken voor een getrokken loop met drie trekkende velden. De neus heeft de vorm van een flessehals met een buisgat. De granaat is hol: de springlading is omgeven door twaalf ijzeren segmentringen, die met lood aaneengekit zijn. De ingezette bodem is tevens met loden ringen vastgemaakt.
Pair of Wheellock Pistols or Carbines
Object type: pair of wheellock pistol
Date: 1650 – 1650
Materials: mother of pearl, steel, wood
Culture: silesian
Location: germany

This pair of wheellocks may be classified as either pistols or carbines. The stocks are inlaid with engraved staghorn and mother-of-pearl, the decoration featuring scrollwork populated with animals including lions, rabbits, bears, and hunting dogs. On the cheek an angel plays a lute above a griffin. The pair's convex lock plates are blued with external wheels and button pancover releases.
Portret van een onbekende man
Object type: page
Date: 1880 – 1885
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: name: ‘Montrouge’
Ornaments
Object type: ornament
Date: 618 – 907
Materials: silver
Culture: chinese
Subjects: flowers
S. Agnelet, abbé (St. Agnellus, Abbot), December 14th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year)
Object type: print
Date: 1636 – 1636
Techniques: etching
Artist: jacques callot
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1592 – 1635
Subjects: men,saints

This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.
Prise de Leewel
Object type: print
Date: 1835 – 1840
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: france
Subjects: siege, position war, zoutleeuw

Gebruikt als illustratie in: C. Gavard, Galeries historiques de Versailles, collection de gravures réduites d'après les dessins originaux du grand ouvrage, Parijs 1840, nr. 309. Niet in Frederik Muller; door het RPK toegevoegd nummer. Op de prent vermeld: Diagraphe et Pantographe Gavard.
Portret van een onbekende man in een interieur
Object type: print
Date: 1896 – 1896
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, intaglio
Artist: georges montenez
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1873 – 1930
Subjects: adult man, historical persons, interior ~ representation of a building
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, inscription: ‘3em état; Mons 1896 7 em’

In de inventaris getiteld: Interieur van een logement in Brussel.
Portrait of an unknown man from the Bhutia community of Tibet
Object type: page
Date: 1858 – 1868
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: tibet
Artist: benjamin simpson
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1831 – 1923
Subjects: hinduism, buddhism, jainism, human races; peoples; nationalities
Inscriptions: number: ‘(54)’, inscription: ‘BHOTIA./ BUDDHIST./ TIBET.’
Marlboro House. The London Residence of the Prince of Wales
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1888 – 1914
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype, chromophotolithography
Location: london
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: palace, london

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Kettle and lamp stand
Object type: kettle and lamp stand
Date: 1708 – 1709
Materials: silver, wood
Artist: lewis mettayer
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1640 – 1740
Subjects: coat of arms
View in Dordrecht
Object type: painting
Date: 1819 – 1821
Materials: oil, panel
Subjects: public road, dordrecht
Inscriptions: signature: ‘J. Schoenmakers en J.C. Schotel’

Stadsgezicht te Dordrecht met het stadhuis en enkele andere gebouwen. Op straat enkele figuren bij een wagen.
Shield in the Classical Style
Object type: shield
Date: 1760 – 1770
Materials: bronze, gold, silk, silver, thread
Culture: french
Location: france
Subjects: medusa,dragons,snakes
Rug with the "Hundred Antiques"
Object type: rug
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: cotton, wool
Culture: chinese
Head of Victory
Object type: bust
Materials: bronze
Culture: american
Artist: augustus saint-gaudens
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1848 – 1907
Subjects: heads,victory,allegory

Head of Victory derives from one of several studies Saint-Gaudens made for the striding, windblown allegorical figure on his monument (1892–1903) to the Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman at the southeast corner of Manhattan’s Central Park. While this version of the head differs from the one he ultimately used for the monumental figure, it shares that figure’s dual symbolism, emphasized by the Greek words inscribed on the base: NIKE–EIPHNH (Victory–Peace).
Vase with Flattened Body
Object type: vessel
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: celadon glazed
Location: china
Groot schippersgilde van Harlingen, gildepenning van Bernd Hiddes de Fries
Object type: medal
Date: 1672 – 1672
Materials: silver
Techniques: engraving
Location: harlingen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: harlingen
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Capitein / Bernd Hiddes D’Fries / Mede vinder vant / Groot Schippers gilt / 1672.’

Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: naar rechts varende driemaster. Keerzijde: opschrift.
Kelkglas met een portret van Johan de Witt
Object type: goblet
Date: 1650 – 1700
Materials: glass, silver
Techniques: diamond point engraving, façon de venise, glassblowing
Location: low countries
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: the hague, politician, johan de witt, netherlands

Platte nieuwe voet met omgeslagen rand. Balustervormige stam met een verbindingsstuk van zilver en twee schijven. Conische, aan de onderzijde afgeronde kelk waarop gegraveerd is een portret van Johan de Wit. Op de keerzijde het opschrift Rt.Ps J de Wit. Raadpensionaris.
Gezicht op een markt
Object type: print
Date: 1813 – 1902
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: thomas sidney cooper
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1803 – 1902
Subjects: market, street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Blad met twee foto's van Crystal Palace en randversiering
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1880
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: london
Artist: Anonymous
Design for a Coat of Arms with Putti holding Garlands
Object type: drawing ornament architecture
Date: 1550 – 1584
Materials: ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: tobias stimmer
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: swiss
Artist dates: 1539 – 1584
Subjects: garlands,cupid,coat of arms

Coat of arms in an escutcheon, surrounded by four putti holding garlands.
Sampler
Object type: sampler
Date: 1766 – 1766
Materials: canvas, silk
Culture: mexican
Location: spain
Subjects: birds,flowers
Seven Hammered Gold Strips
Object type: ornament fragment
Date: 200 – 900
Materials: gold
Culture: peruvian
Location: peru
Amy s'échappe de Cumnor-Place
Object type: print
Date: 1837 – 1837
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: (scenes from) specific works of literature (with author, title), historical persons, flight, running away; pursuing
Inscriptions: check stamp: Lugt 4088

Scène uit de historische roman 'Kenilworth' van (Sir) Walter Scott (1821).
Sampler made at a charity school
Object type: sampler
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: linen, silk
Techniques: embroidery

The earliest British charity schools for poor and orphaned children were founded around the country by local gentry, to support and educate children whose families lived in the vicinity. In the eighteenth century, the number of institutions increased significantly. Arguably the most famous of these is the Foundling Hospital in London established by Thomas Coram in 1741; the charity still exists today as the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. Most of these small samplers were monochrome; made to be included in a book of stitching exercises. This more colorful example might have been made into a pincushion or other decorative item to be sold as a fund raiser for the school.
Gezicht op de Vondelstraat
Object type: print
Date: 1882 – 1882
Materials: paper
Techniques: aquatint, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: johan conrad greive
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1837 – 1891
Subjects: tramway, tram, city-view in general; 'veduta', church (exterior), the usual house or row of houses, street
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘14A.23’ Lugt 1641b, inscription: ‘Legaat Joh. M. Coffeng / 1966’

Onderwerpsrubriek binnen de Atlas Amsterdam: Verhulststraat (Johannes), Viaducten, Vierwindenstraat, Vinkenbuurt, Vinkenpad, Vinkenstraat, Vischsteeg, Vliegendesteeg, Voetboogstraat, Volewijk, Vondelstraat, Voorburgwal (N.Z.).
The Lonely Glen
Object type: photograph
Date: 1853 – 1856
Techniques: salted paper print
Artist: john dillwyn llewelyn
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, welsh
Artist dates: 1810 – 1882
Subjects: landscapes,trees
Nouvelles cheminées à paneaux de glace exécuté dans quelques hôtels à Paris
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Huizen op een rivieroever, vermoedelijk in Frankrijk
Object type: photograph
Date: 1905 – 1910
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: france
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, river bank, river (+ landscape with figures, staffage), france

Onderdeel van Fotoalbum van een Franse amateurfotograaf met bezienswaardigheden in Frankrijk, Zwitserland en Italië.
Cover
Object type: cover
Date: 1662 – 1722
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: painting, underglaze
Culture: chinese
Lion About to Strike a Serpent (Lion la patte levée sur un serpent) or (Esquisse du lion des Tuileries)
Object type: statuette
Materials: bronze, patina
Artist: antoine-louis barye
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1795 – 1875
Subjects: lions,serpents

Originally modeled in 1832; this is the third casting. For another example of this subject in the Museum's collection, see 39.65.57. This piece is a small variant of Barye's Lion Crushing a Serpent which was bought by the French government and placed in the Tuileries Gardens in 1835. The Metropolitan Museum has a small model of this piece (see 10.108.3), as well as a plaster cast of the Tuileries bronze (89.9).
Twee vrouwen met hoeden
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1834 – 1911
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: pen
Artist: jozef israëls
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1824 – 1911
Subjects: adult woman

Blad 27 recto uit een schetsboek met 37 bladen.
Mes met zich naar het uitende verbredend heft
Object type: knife
Date: 1907 – 1907
Materials: alloy, steel
Techniques: silvering
Location: vienna
Artist: josef hoffmann
Artist role: designer
Artist dates: 1870 – 1956
Inscriptions: : ‘WW dooreen’

Mes met stalen lemmet. Het heft is plat en verbreedt naar het uiteinde toe.
Dubbele strook gehaakte kant met bloemen en druiventros
Object type: strip
Date: 1890 – 1909
Materials: cotton
Techniques: crocheted lace, irish crochet lace
Location: ireland
Artist: Anonymous

Het is een aanname dat deze Ierse gehaakte kant ook daadwerkelijk in Ierland is gemaakt. Ierse gehaakte kant kent zijn oorsprong rond 1760 en kwam vanaf 1840 in ontwikkeling. Aangezien volgens Martine Bruggeman (Kant in Europa) de Ierse haakindustrie aan het eind van de 19e eeuw gereorganiseerd werd en in populariteit groeide, is het hier beschreven stuk gedateerd rond 1890, tot 1909 vanwege de datering in het eerste decennium van populariteit van Ierse gehaakte kant volgens het Kantlexicon (Johan Coene).
Scherven van een bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'
Object type: sherd
Date: 1613 – 1613
Materials: bone china
Location: jingdezhen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: verenigde oostindische compagnie, sint-helena

A dish without a flattened rim. An eight-sided thickly drawn medallion. A central decoration of a combination of symbols. The medallions decorated with alternately peaches and symbols.
Canal à Loosdrecht
Object type: print
Date: 1880 – 1880
Materials: paper
Techniques: drypoint, etching, intaglio
Artist: carel nicolaas storm van s-gravesande
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1841 – 1924
Subjects: plants and herbs: reed, canal (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
Inscriptions: number: ‘N 6’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Kitty Stieglitz
Object type: photograph
Date: 1907 – 1907
Location: united states
Artist: alfred stieglitz
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1864 – 1946

For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.
Pendant
Object type: pendant
Date: 1001 – 1100
Materials: garnet, gold, stone, metal
Techniques: highlighting
Location: iran
Pair of Stirrups
Object type: pair of stirrup
Date: 967 – 1033
Materials: bronze, gold, iron, silver
Culture: scandinavian
Location: denmark

This pair of stirrups is decorated with gilded bronze and silver overlay, and was originally probably deposited in the tomb of a wealthy Viking warrior. Although they are perhaps best known today for being gifted sailors, the Vikings also rode horses. As in all Germanic cultures, in fact, horses had great importance in their society and religion. Equestrian equipment like stirrups, spurs and bits are regularly found in Viking burials, next to weapons and other goods that the warriors wanted to bring with them to the afterlife, or alongside sacrificed horses that sometimes accompanied the wealthiest of these men.