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Exhibition Public - USA & Canada |
Detail: The permanent collection of the Department of Arms and Armor is one of the most encyclopedic in the world, rivaled in its scope and depth only by the Royal Armouries in England. To highlight the ongoing development of the collection's multicultural and interdisciplinary nature, this exhibition will focus on approximately thirty works from Europe, the United States, Japan, India, and Tibet acquired between 2003 and 2014. Beyond the well-established categories of finely decorated armor, edged weapons, and firearms, the selection will feature drawings and prints, textiles, and other materials that are vital, but often unrecognized, aspects of the understanding and appreciation of arms and armor as a universal art form.
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Phone No.: 212-535-7710 Site URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/art-of-collecting-arms-and-armor |
Dagger and sheath |
Nepal 1650–1700. Ivory, steel, silver The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2006 (2006.441a, b) |
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