Panel of Geese at Meidum

Panel of Geese at Meidum

This part of a mural found in the mastaba of Nefermaat and his wife, Itet to Meidum where he decorated the bottom of a wall of the corridor leading to the chapel Itet.
The colors used here is derived from natural materials: white limestone, red hematite, malachite green. These materials were mixed with egg white.
The panel shows three pairs of geese eat grass. Three of them are turning to the right, while others have turned to the left in a symmetrical arrangement.
The artist cleverly closed the scene on both sides with two geese look upside down to collect the wheat grass.

Dimensions: Height 27 cm Length 180 cm Width 172 cm