Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Basket and lid
Description
Palm leaf basketry
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 woven cylindrical basket with a lid.
The basket is a finely crafted, cylindrical container woven from plant fibers, featuring a tightly fitting lid. The weave is uniform, suggesting skilled craftsmanship, and the overall shape is well preserved. The style is characteristic of everyday utilitarian objects used in ancient Egyptian households.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
plant fibers
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