PURPOSE: To provide a metal carrier having an outer cylinder following the expansion and contraction of a honeycomb element and making the breakage of the honeycomb element hard to generate.

CONSTITUTION: A metal carrier for an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst consists of a honeycomb element 1 and the outer cylinder 2 composed of the wire material 21 spirally wound around the honeycomb element 1 and arranged on the outer peripheral part of the honeycomb element 1. Both end parts of the outer cylinder 2 are bonded to both end parts of the honeycomb element by soldering 3.