Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Face of a Man with Part of a Short Echeloned Wig
Description
Wood, paint
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 wooden head of an ancient figure.
The artifact is a wooden carving depicting the head of an ancient figure, identifiable by its stylized features. The sculpture presents a well-defined face with prominent eyes and a linear beard or headdress pattern, typical of Egyptian art styles. The surface shows signs of aging with light cracks but retains detail in the expression and texture.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
wood
Connections
Materials
Wood
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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.
- 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.