Female Figure of "Paddle Doll" Type
Description
Caption: Female Figure of "Paddle Doll" Type, ca. 2008–1630 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment, 7 15/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/8 in. (20.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.131. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 bronze uraeus cobra with striped detailing.
The artifact is a bronze uraeus, which is a stylized upright form of a rearing cobra commonly associated with royalty and deities in ancient Egypt. The body is detailed with vertical stripes, possibly to signify scales or ornate decoration. The head is slightly elevated, a typical pose signifying protective attributes.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.131 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9408 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.