Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works where medium is Arms & armour created 1940 or earlier (43) works on display (0) works with images (33) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Image not available Abaninofi, Kainantu District, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Shield early 20th century, collected circa 1972 477.1979 Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia Sword with scabbard (moso or rugi) late 19th century 552.2010.a-b Bawomataluo village, Teluk Dalam, South Nias, Indonesia Sword with scabbard and amulet basket (belato sebua) late 19th century-early 20th century 526.2010.a-b Image not available Bela, Mendi, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Eláyaborr (shoulder shield) early 20th century, collected 1963 474.1979 Image not available Det, Poroma District, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Shield early 20th century, collected 1969 476.1979 Forapia Kolkol OR watumbiy (shoulder shield) early 20th century, collected 1969 268.1977 Image not available Fore people Fighting shield (gardens design) pre 1930s 61.2017 Hisatoshi fuchi (with design of horseman and fisherman) circa 1800 421.1996 Japan Sword guard ('tsuba') with design of bat and cobweb 19th century 434.1996 Japan tsuba (with pierced quatrefoil design) 19th century 435.1996 Japan tsuba (with paulownia and karakusa pattern design) 19th century 436.1996 Japan Quatrefoil-shaped sword guard ('tsuba') with design of landscape with castle, pine tree, mill and bridge 19th century 437.1996 Japan fuchi (with design of warrior in sea battle) 19th century 419.1996 Japan fuchi (with design of crane and tortoise) 19th century 420.1996 Japan fuchi (with design of man holding a lantern and umbrella) 19th century 422.1996 Japan fuchi (decorated with scroll blind in the wind and ivy) 19th century 423.1996 Japan fuchi (design of plum blossoms, lattices and house) 19th century 424.1996 Japan kashira (with design of warrior on horseback) 19th century 425.1996 Japan kashira (with design of fir trees and bird in flight) 19th century 426.1996 Japan Kashira (with design of Hotei) 19th century 427.1996 Japan Menuki (in the shape of armour sleeve and strings) 19th century 428.1996 Japan tsuba (with pierced design of old man and his young attendant in a landscape with a plum tree, waterfall and a crane in flight) 19th century 431.1996 Japan Tsuba (with pierced design of boy with scroll) 19th century 432.1996 Japan tsuba (with design of old man) 19th century 438.1996 Japan Sword ('katana') 19th century 441.1996.a-b Japan Wakizashi 19th century 442.1996.a-i Japan tsuba (with pierced net design) 19th century 439.1996 Japan Sword guard ('tsuba') with openwork design of man reading and a bull 19th century 440.1996 Image not available Mendi people Eláyaborr (shoulder shield) early 20th century, collected 1963 473.1979 Image not available Mendi people Eláyaborr (shoulder shield) early 20th century, collected 1963 262.1977 Image not available Mendi people Wörrumbi (shoulder shield) early 20th century 62.2017 Minj, Anglimp-South Waghi District, Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea Ceremonial axe early 20th century, collected 1940 311.1978 Mogarashi Sōten tsuba (with pierced design of two samurai, one on a horse and another on the ground, under a blossoming tree) circa 1700 433.1996 Image not available Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Ceremonial axe early 20th century 525.1979 Nias, Indonesia Warrior's shield (baluse) late 19th century-early 20th century 527.2010 North India, India Dagger ('khanjar') 42.2008 North Sumatra, Indonesia Ammunition holder (paru-paru) 19th century 528.2010 North Sumatra, Indonesia Short sword (piso sanalenggam) late 19th century-early 20th century 531.2010.a-b North Sumatra, Indonesia Ammunition holder (paru-paru) late 19th century-early 20th century 529.2010 Image not available Nuku, Torricelli Mountains, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Shield early 20th century, collected circa 1957 166.1976 Image not available Obura, Obura-Wonenara District, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Fighting shield (double sun design) pre 1930s 60.2017 Wonenara, Obura-Wonenara District, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Keuleuka (war club) early 20th century, collected 1966 585.1979 Unknown Artist Axe head 3rd century BCE-2nd century BCE 94.1998