Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Girdle with Cowrie Shells
Description
Electrum over plaster, carnelian, amethyst
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.
A necklace composed of alternating beads made of various materials.
The artifact is a beaded necklace featuring a repeating pattern of beads made from different materials, including red, purple, and metallic hues. The beads vary in size and shape and are symmetrically arranged, indicating skilled craftsmanship. Its simplicity and symmetry suggest both aesthetic and possibly symbolic purposes.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
metalamethystcarnelian
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235421 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.180.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544420 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.