Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Pendant Depicting a Pair of Birds
Description
Glass
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 black and red object likely used as a bead or amulet.
The image depicts a small, intricately crafted object with a glossy black surface adorned with red bands. It has a curved shape, suggesting it might have been used as a bead or amulet. The craftsmanship indicates careful design, possibly symbolizing a stylized animal form or abstract motif. The object appears to be pierced through, indicating its use for stringing or suspension.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
faience
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.