Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Kohl tube and stick
Description
Wood, ebony, ivory, copper
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.
Ancient Egyptian rattle instrument known as a sistrum.
The artifact is a wooden sistrum with remnants of ivory and metal, displaying the typical construction of a rattle used in ceremonial contexts. It features a handle with attached rods and loops for jingling, exhibiting signs of wear but remaining largely intact. The inlaid metal components are characteristic of musical instruments used in religious and ceremonial settings in ancient Egypt.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Materials
woodivorymetal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276554 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1447 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547624 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.
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