Man Carrying Ducks

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The man depicted here is carrying groups of birds tied to a pole slung over his shoulder. He is moving towards a man seated on a low yellow bench who is probably preparing the meat of other birds for drying and storage (see detail of facsimile 15.5.19e above for a similar scene

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art