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品名（中）	文件夹（Grere'o[？]）
品名（英）	Shield (Grere'o [?])
入馆年号	1978年，1978.412.730
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1800 - 公元 1865
创作地区	所罗门群岛, 西部省份（Solomon Islands, Western province）
分类	非编织纺织品（Textiles-Non-Woven）
尺寸	高 34 英寸 × 宽 10 1/2 英寸 × 深 1 英寸 (86.4 × 26.7 × 2.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	所罗门群岛形成了一条由大小岛屿组成的双链，位于新几内亚以东。与其他大洋洲文化的艺术一样，所罗门群岛艺术的中心主题是人物形象，以抽象和富有表现力的风格呈现。所罗门群岛人以其木雕而闻名，特别是在独木舟装饰和建筑装饰方面。他们还用柳条编织成椭圆形制作了战盾。这个盾牌是现存的极少数完全涂漆并镶嵌数百个发光外壳的小方块的例子之一。盾牌上的图像是一个细长的人物形象，周围环绕着装饰性边框。两张没有实体的脸从人物下方的宽带中探出头来。很难想象这种脆弱的盾牌能在战斗中提供很多保护。事实上，这种盾牌可能被用作礼仪物品或作为高级男性的地位象征。
介绍（英）	The Solomon Islands form a double chain of large and small islands, situated east of New Guinea. As in the art of other Oceanic cultures, the central motif of art from the Solomon Islands is the human figure, rendered in an abstract and expressive style. The Solomon islanders are known for their woodcarving, particularly in canoe decoration and architectural ornament. They also fashioned war shields of wicker woven into an elliptical shape. This shield is one of very few existing examples that were completely painted over and inlaid with hundreds of tiny squares of luminous shell. The image on the shield is an elongated human figure, surrounded by decorative borders. Two disembodied faces peek from the wide band beneath the figure. It is hard to imagine that this fragile shield could have provided much protection in combat. In fact, such shields were probably used as ceremonial objects or as status symbols for men of high rank.