Peasants Driving Cattle and Fishing for Fish
Date:
2450 BC
Medium:
Painted limestone
Dimensions:
27 inches × 18 1/2 inches (68.58 × 46.99 cm)
Left section: 18 1/2 inches × 27 inches (46.99 × 68.58 cm)
Right section: 18 × 32 inches (45.72 × 81.28 cm)
Left section: 18 1/2 inches × 27 inches (46.99 × 68.58 cm)
Right section: 18 × 32 inches (45.72 × 81.28 cm)
Credit Line:
City of Detroit Purchase
Object number:
2E
Man at far left, shown in profile, walks behind eight cattle. Leading them is another man, also in profile carrying a calf on his back. To the right are four men who stand on a flat boat. They are pulling a net catching fish swimming beneath their boat. Three of these men are preserved only from the chest down and the other is bent over to the left pulling the net. The flesh of all the men is painted dark red and the water has traces of blue with some remains of zigzag black lines.
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