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Heinrich Aldegrever
The Labors of Hercules: Nessus and Deianira (one of the set of 13 prints)
1550
Museum Purchase
1956/1.71
Alongside a block of calligraphic text a red rectable sets off an illustrative space. In the bottom right corner of the illustration a woman dances, and on the left a larger figure pulls an arrow taught in a bow.
Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: The Courtesan Kosha and the King's Charioteer (fol. no. 102v)
1400 – 1432
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
1997/2.39
A photograph of twelve men in a field, wearing hunting gear and holding bows and arrows. In the foreground, a man kneels on the ground while everyone else stands.
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French (culture or style))
Annual meeting of north Michigan archers, USA
1955 – 1965
Gift of Zoe and Yuri Gurevich in honor of Hava Gurevich
2015/2.62
This painting shows a train wagon filled with people in the foreground, and many train wagons following in the background. The train wagon and the people in it are being attacked by people on horses with tribal headwears and using weapons such as bows and arrows and axes. People in the train wagon are of Caucasion decent and have rifles pointed at those who seem to be Native Americans.
Charles Ferdinand Wimar
The Attack on an Emigrant Train
1856
Bequest of Henry C. Lewis
1895.80
This painting shows five figures in conflict. Set in a background of clouds, two individuals sit upon the clouds in the sky looking down on three individuals who appear to be rushing into ambush. The two figures on the cloud above on the upper left can be concluded to be divine beings in conversation with each other and wearing elaborate garments. The three individuals on the bottom right appear to be mortal, wielding weapons and wearing very little clothing. There appear to be no inscriptions. 
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Scene from "Tales of Ise"
1600 – 1630
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink in honor of Mrs. James Marshall Plumer
2001/2.135
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