Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Basket
Description
Palm leaves, grass, string, red dye
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 small, ancient Egyptian woven basket with a red rim.
The artifact is a carefully woven basket likely used in daily life. It features a small, rectangular shape with tightly interwoven natural fibers. The rim is distinctively wrapped with a red material, adding a decorative element to its utilitarian function. The craftsmanship reflects ancient Egyptian daily life materials and techniques.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
woven fibers
Connections
Materials
Woven Fibers
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389496 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.2.19 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545762 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.