Fish Hook
Description
Object Label: Tools Egyptian workers, including artisans, farmers, and fishermen, required a wide variety of specialized tools. Woodworkers employed axes that had copper or bronze blades lashed to wooden handles with leather. Carpenters produced smooth surfaces with copper chisels, often with serrated edges. Tanners used broad, flat knives to cut strips of leather for sandals, harnesses, and whips, which they then pierced with metal awls. Field hands cut grain with curved sickles fitted with small flint blades. Fishermen relied on metal hooks with tiny barbs, much like their modern-day equivalents. Officials used siphons to inspect the liquid contents of vessels without breaking through the protective mud seals. Caption: Fish Hook, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Bronze, 9/16 x 3/4 in. (1.4 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.287E.
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.
The image displays a collection of ancient metallic tools or implements.
The artifacts are arranged on a surface and appear to be composed of metal, possibly bronze or copper alloys. They include pointed and hook-like implements with signs of corrosion and patina, indicative of their age and material composition. The style suggests utilitarian use, potentially for domestic or craft purposes. Notable features include their distinctive shapes and the greenish patina typical of aged bronze.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.287E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4011 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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