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品名（中）	坐着的人
品名（英）	Seated Figure
入馆年号	1976年，1976.412.2
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 1200 - 公元 1500
创作地区	哥伦比亚（Colombia）
分类	陶瓷雕塑（Ceramics-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 9 x 宽 8 1/4 英寸 (22.9 x 21厘米)
介绍（中）	在1530年代西班牙征服之前的几个世纪里，居住在考卡河中部丘陵和山谷中的人们制作了这里所示类型的独特陶瓷人物。程式化的人物通常被称为平板人物。它们可以是实心的或空心的，也可以是雄性的或雌性的，尽管大多数是雄性的。它们的高度从4英寸到20英寸不等。头部和身体由正方形或矩形的粘土板组成，手臂和腿则用沉重的粘土卷固定。脖子通常是一个很深的凹槽，几乎没有进一步的造型，但这个例子显示了锁骨。左手对胸，右臂抬起，手掌张开，好像在扔或拿什么东西。双腿弯曲，人物的双脚笔直地放在地上。脚踝周围、膝盖下方、手腕和上臂周围的宽而浅的凹槽表明曾经存在腿带和臂章。眼睛和嘴巴是长的水平狭缝，而大鼻子是逼真的模型。鼻中隔被刺穿，用来固定一个现在不见了的鼻环，可能是金的或铜的。大多数平板人像在没有油漆的情况下幸存下来，但一些人像的面部仍保留着油漆，例如这幅人像上的白色。在竖井和墓室墓的墓葬中，平板人像与陶瓷器皿和金属装饰物一起作为祭品。他们可能被视为死者的监护人或同伴。
介绍（英）	The people inhabiting the hills and valleys of the middle Cauca River during the centuries before the Spanish conquest in the 1530s made distinctive ceramic figures of the type illustrated here. The stylized figures are known familiarly as slab figures. They can be solid or hollow, male or female, although most are male. They range in height from four to twenty inches. Square or rectangular slabs of clay make up the head and body and heavy coils of clay are attached for arms and legs. The neck is usually a deep groove with little further modeling, but this example shows a collarbone. Left hand to chest, the right arm is raised, the palm open as if throwing or holding something. Legs bent, the figure's feet are squarely placed on the ground. Wide, shallow grooves around the ankles, below the knees, and around the wrists and upper arms indicate that leg and arm bands were once present. The eyes and mouth are long horizontal slits while the large nose is realistically modeled. The septum is pierced to hold a now missing nose ring, perhaps one of gold or copper. The majority of slab figures have survived without paint, but face paint remains on some, such as the white seen on this figure. Slab figures were included with ceramic vessels and metal ornaments as offerings in burials in shaft and chamber tombs. They may have been considered guardians or companions for the deceased.