Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals
Description
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.
The artifact depicts animals in rows on a carved ivory plaque.
The artifact is an ivory plaque featuring three distinct registers of carved animals. It shows a series of stylized figures in a linear composition with detailed incisions. The craftsmanship suggests intricate attention to detail, typical of decorative art. The scene predominantly involves figures of animals which appear to be in motion.
decorative
Predynastic
good
Materials
ivory
Connections
Materials
Ivory
Cross-references (1)
- Wikidata-Q Q29385752 tier-1
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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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