Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Comb decorated with a hippo
Description
Ivory (elephant)
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 ivory comb featuring a carved animal head at the top.
The artifact is an ivory comb with a sculpted animal head, likely representing a cattle or similar animal, positioned at the top. The comb displays vertical teeth and is representative of decorative personal items often utilized in ancient Egypt. The craftsmanship suggests careful attention to detail in carving the animal features, characteristic of early artistic styles.
decorative
Predynastic
good
Materials
ivory
Connections
Materials
Ivory
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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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