Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Comb decorated with a wildebeest
Description
Ivory (elephant)
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.
An ivory comb with a donkey figure on top.
The artifact is an ancient Egyptian ivory comb featuring a carved donkey at the top. The comb teeth are partly intact, displaying craftsmanship typical of personal items from antiquity. The piece shows evidence of use and aging but retains a significant amount of detail in the carving.
daily life
Predynastic
fragmentary
Materials
ivory
Connections
Materials
Ivory
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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).
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