Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Pin topped with a bird
Description
Bone, organic material
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 depicts two ancient Egyptian objects with intricate carvings, likely used as ceremonial tools or decorative items.
The artifact on the left appears to be a carved wand or ceremonial staff, featuring detailed geometric patterns. On the right, a statuette or fragment features a carved head possibly representing an animal or mythological figure. The objects are composed of a light-colored material that may be stone or ivory, with notable craftsmanship evident in the detail of the carvings.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stoneivory
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.