Stick Surmounted by Figure of a Woman
Description
Caption: Stick Surmounted by Figure of a Woman, 394–642 C.E.. Bone or ivory, 11/16 × 3/8 × 6 11/16 in. (1.8 × 0.9 × 17 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1425E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows a carved stick or staff topped with a small standing/standing-like female figure, with a bird/crested head and detailed facial and garment carving.
A pale, elongated stick (likely bone/ivory) is carved at the top into a small figure. The upper element depicts a head with a pointed headdress/crest and a simplified face; the figure’s body tapers into a wrapped or draped torso, with incised lines suggesting garment folds. Near the upper body, a small circular/rosette-like motif with a central dot is visible on the front. The figure is surmounted directly on the top of the stick; no separate base is visible. The remainder of the stick is plain and polished. The background is neutral and no other objects or inscriptions are visible. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text can be read on the object in the provided image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1425E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117971 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.