About 30 results for ‘Claw’
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Claw
A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes. However, the word "claw" is also often used in reference to an invertebrate. Somewhat similar fine hooked structures are found in arthropods such as beetles and spiders, at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as the creature walks. Crabs' and lobsters' pincers, or more formally, their "chelae", are sometimes called claws. A claw is made of hard protein called keratin. Claws are used to catch and hold prey in carnivorous mammals such as cats and dogs, but may also be used for such purposes as digging, climbing trees, self-defense etc. , in those and other species. Similar appendages that are flat and do not come to a sharp point are called nails instead. Claws of animals like tigers, lions, and bears were used in making items such as ornaments, pendants, and brooches. Tigers' and lions' claws are expensive because it is illegal to trade the parts of such protected animals.
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Base avec pattes griffues
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chimera (mythology)
- Claw
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- Date:
- 13th century
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- Artist(s):
- Christofle
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- Field(s):
- Goldsmith
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- Designation:
- soupière
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Chapiteau du Verseau avec Le sagittaire (église abbatiale...
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- Field(s):
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrological sign
- Cancer (astrology)
- Claw
- Lizard
- Virgo (astrology)
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- Date:
- 12th century
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Chapiteau du Verseau (église abbatiale Sainte-Geneviève d...
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- Field(s):
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrological sign
- Cancer (astrology)
- Claw
- Lizard
- Virgo (astrology)
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- Date:
- 12th century
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- Artist(s):
- Domenico del Barbieri
Les Trois Grâces
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- Artist(s):
- Antoine Coysevox
Le Grand Condé (Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, dit...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Claw
- Cuirass
- Embroidery
- General officer
- Lilium
- Lion
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Modèle de fontaine à thé (Ancien titre : Modèle de grand ...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Claw
- Cornucopia
- Individual
- Lion
- Lyre
- Putto
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Modèle de fontaine à thé ; Ancien titre : Modèle de grand...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Claw
- Cornucopia
- Individual
- Lion
- Putto
- Tea
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- statue ; fragment
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- Date:
- Middle Ages
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- gargouille
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- Date:
- Middle Ages
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- gargouille
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- Date:
- Middle Ages
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- gargouille
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- Date:
- Middle Ages
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- statue ; fragment
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- Portrayed subject:
- Claw
- Paw
- Quadrupedalism
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- Date:
- Middle Ages
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- statue ; fragment
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chimera (mythology)
- Claw
- Paw
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- Date:
- Middle Ages
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Studio glass
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- Designation:
- bouteille (cylindrique, Isings 51b)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Claw
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Studio glass
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- Designation:
- barillet frontinien ; Isings 89
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Studio glass
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- Designation:
- bouteille (cylindrique, Isings 50b ; Isings 51b)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Claw
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- Artist(s):
- Charles Le Brun
- Gobelins Manufactory
Les mois ou les Maisons Royales (2e tenture à or) : Octob...
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- Field(s):
- Tapestry
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles Le Brun
- Gobelins Manufactory
Les mois ou les Maisons Royales (2e tenture à or) : Octob...
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- Field(s):
- Tapestry
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Field(s):
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- relief
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- Date:
- 12th century
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Furniture
- Woodworking joints
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- Designation:
- chaise
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- Date:
- 19th century
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