Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Comb decorated with an ostrich
Description
Bone
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 ancient Egyptian comb with a stylized animal figure at the top.
The artifact is a comb crafted from a material that appears to be bone or ivory. The design features a distinctive stylized animal figure, possibly a bird or an antelope, perched at the top. The comb has several long, thin teeth, suggesting it was functional as well as decorative. The style is minimalistic with smooth curves and a polished surface.
decorative
Predynastic
good
Materials
boneivory
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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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