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品名（中）	鸟头人语
品名（英）	Bird-Headed Figure Whistle
入馆年号	1978年，1978.412.80
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 700 - 公元 900
创作地区	墨西哥, 韦拉克鲁斯（Mexico, Veracruz）
分类	陶瓷乐器（Ceramics-Musical Instruments）
尺寸	高 20 1/4 x 宽 9 1/2 x 深 5 3/4 英寸 (51.4 x 24.1 x 14.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这尊独立的陶瓷雕像代表了对韦拉克鲁斯装饰风格的精通和对形式的即兴运用。宽阔的姿势、向外伸展的肘部和放在臀部的双手传达了一种权力的态度。与这种姿势的稳固性相反的是一条漂浮的、不对称的形状，一条长着奇妙的角和羽毛的蛇从蒙面人形或鸟头人形的头部突出。这个人物戴着一个精心制作的衣领和一块腰布，腰布上装饰着一个抽象的设计，可以解读为一个张开的拟人化人物。戴在人物肩膀上的宽衣领有一个中心元素，沿着它的边缘切开，描绘出一个流苏的边界。在整个构图中，韦拉克鲁斯艺术特有的卷轴、交织物和重复图案带以浮雕的形式出现在表面上。这个人物实际上是一个哨子，它的音乐功能和为物体提供信息的创造性、异想天开的构图给了它一种仪式和庆祝的气氛。
介绍（英）	This freestanding ceramic figure represents a mastery of Veracruz decorative style and a spirited, improvisational use of form. An attitude of power is conveyed by a wide stance, outward extended elbows, and hands placed upon hips. Opposing the solidity of this posture is the floating, asymmetrical form of a fantastic horned and feathered serpent projecting from the head of the masked human figure or bird-headed anthropomorph. This figure wears an elaborate collar and a loincloth with a panel decorated with an abstract design that can be read as a splayed anthropomorphic figure. The broad collar that caps the figure's shoulders possesses a central element and is incised along its edge to depict a fringed border. Panels of scrollwork and interlaces and bands of repeated motifs characteristic of the art of Veracruz appear in relief on surfaces throughout the composition. The figure is actually a whistle and its musical function and the creative, whimsical compositions that inform the object give it an air of ceremony and celebration.