Peasants Driving Cattle and Fishing for Fish
Date2450 BC
Object PlaceEgypt, North Africa, Africa
MediumPainted limestone
Dimensions27 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)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCity of Detroit Purchase
Terms
Object number2E
DescriptionMan 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.On View
On viewCollections
- Egyptian Objects from the DIA
c. 1930
1307/1196 BC
early 13th Century
1782
2565/2420 BC
5th Century BC
1848
1658/1662
745/727 BC
5th Century BC
19th Century