Recto: Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies; Verso, above: Crocodile Hunt in the Nile; Verso, below: Hunting Tigers using Traps and Mirrors, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. Obverse: Hunters using headpieces in the shape of ducks to serve as decoys in trapping the birds. Hunters submerged in the water wearing the headgear. Left, two hunters putting on the headpieces (gourd). Reverse: top - in the background, a pig used as a decoy in trapping alligators. Two alligators in the foreground. Bottom, two tigers about to enter the trap., Netherlands, 1596 or before, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins, West Indies, Verso, Crocodile Hunt, Nile, Verso, Hunting Tigers using Traps, Mirrors, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, ink, brush, brown wash, laid paper, Horizontal rectangle, Obverse, Hunters using headpieces, shape, ducks, serve, decoys, trapping, birds, Hunters submerged, water wearing, headgear, Left, two hunters putting, headpieces, gourd, Reverse, top -, background, pig, decoy, trapping alligators, Two alligators, foreground, Bottom, two tigers, enter, trap, Netherlands, 1596, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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