Double Comb
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Double Comb, 5th century C.E.. Ivory, 3 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.5 × 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.168. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An intricately carved ancient Egyptian comb.
The artifact is a decorative comb, featuring detailed carvings on its upper part. The carvings depict floral and geometric patterns typical of Egyptian art. The craftsmanship suggests an emphasis on both utility and aesthetics. The lower part consists of finely crafted teeth, some of which are missing or damaged, indicating age and usage.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.168 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9444 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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