Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Magic Wand fragment
Description
Hippopotamus ivory
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 carved ivory tusk fragment depicting a hunter, cattle, and geometric designs.
The artifact is an ivory tusk fragment featuring incised carvings. The scene includes a human figure appearing to be a hunter with a bow, accompanied by cattle and abstract geometric patterns. The style suggests a simplistic yet skillful incised technique, typical of early artistic expressions. Notable features include the linear representation of animals and the characteristic use of space and form.
daily life
Predynastic
fragmentary
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726731 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.79b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544245 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.