Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Pair of clappers
Description
Hippopotamus ivory
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 pair of intricately carved ivory wands, one representing a hand with fingers, the other a thumb.
The image depicts two ivory wands, each finely carved to represent human hands. The wands are adorned with intricate geometric patterns and circular motifs. The craftsmanship suggests skilled artisanship, characteristic of decorative and possibly ritualistic objects. The smooth finish indicates high-quality workmanship.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280674 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.143a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546840 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.