Fisherman
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The West House
Room 5, West Wall
H: 1.22 / W 0.57 m
Found in the same room as the other fisherman, this fisherman is decorated in a similar manner, with a blue shaved head and two tresses. This wall-painting depicts a young male, nude, in full profile; no attempt is made by the subject to engage the viewer with a frontal pose.
The fisherman holds three fish; their shape, size, and colours indicate them to be mackerel, Scomber Scombrus. Like the fish in the wall- painting, the mackerel have a characteristic fin structure, white bellies, and blue shiny backs.
Even though this wall-painting is poorly preserved, the surviving fragments are sufficient for restorers to accurately reconstruct and extrapolate the original image.