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For my Curator post, I decided to find various items that were valued for either surviving or attacking. I found these different items intriguing as each has an other purpose, yet all have the same goal, survival.

The Islamic Sword, although rusted and now useless, was a very utilizable tool back in the Islamic world where they needed this type of weapon when killing either animal or having to defend themselves.

The Statuette of the Greek man holding a shield on his left leg represented that of defense. Regardless of where this man was headed (or if he wasn't going anywhere), he had made sure to have this shield for a specific reason. Nevertheless, if he was a pacifist (Not holding a sword), this man still had the same goal that everybody else still has: survival.

Lastly, The sculpture of a Roman Torso made me get a closer look at not only the defensive mechanisms they used to make this cloak sturdy but also the cloak's design showing raw culture from the Romans. This, to me, is extraordinary if any of these men wearing these cloaks would die in battle, at least they would have their culture inscribed upon them.

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Artist Unknown
(500-1000 A.D.)
Iron, wood, gilded bronze
Iran
The MET Museum

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/449855?deptids=14&amp;when=A.D.+500-1000&amp;ao=on&amp;ft=Islamic&amp;offset=40&amp;rpp=40&amp;pos=51

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Allan, James. Nishapur: Metalwork of the Early Islamic Period. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. pp. 108-9, ill. fig. 208 (b/w).

Soucek, Priscilla, ed. Content and Context of Visual Arts in the Islamic World : papers from a colloquium in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Monographs on the fine arts, vol. 44. University Park, PA: College Art Association of America, 1988. no. 208, pp. 5, 11, ill. fig. 19 (b/w).

Alexander, David G., and Stuart W. Pyhrr. "in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." In Islamic Arms and Armor. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. no. 54, pp. 144-47, ill. (color).

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Allan, James. Nishapur: Metalwork of the Early Islamic Period. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. pp. 108-9, ill. fig. 208 (b/w). Soucek, Priscilla, ed. Content and Context of Visual Arts in the Islamic World : papers from a colloquium in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

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Terracotta Statuette Mime holding Shield 

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Terracotta Statuette Mime holding Shield 

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Artist Unknown
(10th Century)
Terracotta
Greece
The MET Museum

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257521?ft=greek+shield&amp;offset=0&amp;rpp=40&amp;pos=2

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Terracotta statuette of a mime with a shield | Greek | Hellenistic | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2001. “One Hundred Thirty-first Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001.” Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 131: p

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Torso from an Equestrian Statue wearing a Cuirass

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Torso from an Equestrian Statue wearing a Cuirass

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Artist Unknown
(500 A.D.)
Bronze
Greek or Roman
The MET Museum

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257639

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Blass, Bill. 2002. Bare Blass, Cathy Horyn, ed. pp. 138-39, New York: HarperCollins.

Milleker, Elizabeth J. and Dr. Seán Hemingway. 2004. "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 2003-2004." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 62(2): p. 8.

Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2004. "One Hundred Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004." Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 134: p. 19.

Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 211, pp. 184, 447, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Zanker, Paul. 2016. Roman Portraits: Sculptures in Stone and Bronze in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 63, pp. 174-76, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hemingway, Seán, De Abramitis, and Karen Stamm. 2019. "Hellenistic and Roman Victory Monuments: A Bronze Torso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms from Pergamon to Rome, Seán Hemingway and Kyriaki Karoglou, eds. pp. 117-26, figs. 1-9, New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Bronze torso from an equestrian statue wearing a cuirass | Greek or Roman | Hellenistic or Imperial | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Blass, Bill. 2002. Bare Blass, Cathy Horyn, ed. pp. 138-39, New York: HarperCollins. Milleker, Elizabeth J. and Dr. Seán Hemingway. 2004. "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 2003-2004." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 62(2): p. 8. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2004.