Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of a woman from a spoon
Description
Wood
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 small bust fragment showcasing a woman's head with intricate hairstyle.
This artifact depicts a woman's head rendered in a style typical of ancient Egyptian art, characterized by stylized facial features and a distinctive hairstyle with large, detailed coils. The piece, likely a fragment of a larger statue, is crafted with attention to detail, emphasizing both the hairstyling and facial contours. The medium brown hue suggests a material like wood or stone.
decorative
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
wood
Connections
Materials
Wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247665 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.91 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544523 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.
- 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.