Pygmy Mosaic - New York City, NY - Mosaics on Waymarking.com

The Museum placard provides the details:

"Mosaic panel with pygmies in a Nilotic scene
Roman, mid- 3rd century A.D.
Said to be from North Africa...

African pygmies engaged in various activities within an
exotic landscape of date palms and lotus flowers fill a
wide border on this fragment of a mosaic. At he left,
a pygmy runs in with baskets of fruit and a woman
picks fruit from a tree. In the center, a woman holding
a wreath looks out from a house behind a hill, while
three armed pygmies attack a hippopotamus. At the
right, a crane attacks one pygmy, and below, a crocdile
devours a pack mule whose attendant has fallen to the
ground. Greek literature and art featured mythological
battles between pygmies and cranes from the time of
Homer onward. In the Roman period, they often appear
in playful combat with hippopotami abd crodiles, set
in the Nile Valley. Such Egyptianizing scenes were a
popular subject for wall paintings and floor mosaics."

Address: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Avenue New York City, NY USA 10028 Specific visit requirements: Not listed Related web site: Not listed

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