Duck's Head from a Folding Stool
Description
Caption: Duck's Head from a Folding Stool, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Wood, 5 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (13 x 2.8 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.441E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 carved wooden object depicting the head of a bird, possibly part of a larger artifact.
The artifact is a wooden carving representing the head of a bird, featuring a long, curved beak. The wood has a worn and aged appearance, with natural cracks and a hole that may have been part of its original function. The object appears to be part of a larger structure, such as a piece of furniture or a ceremonial item. The style is simplistic with minimal detailing, characteristic of practical objects.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.441E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117091 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.