举臂男性身材 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	举臂男性身材
品名（英）	Male Figure with Raised Arms
入馆年号	1978年，1978.412.322
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 1300 - 公元 1699
创作地区	马里, Tintam 村（Mali, Tintam village）
分类	木雕（Wood-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 82 7/8 x 宽 14 1/4 x 深 8 3/8 英寸 (210.5 x 36.2 x 21.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	多贡人生活在马里班迪亚加拉悬崖的高岩石高处。他们依靠农业，设法在一个降雨量少的地区从贫瘠的土壤中夺取自给作物。这个不朽的人物是已知最大的多贡雕塑之一。该地区干燥的气候使多贡作品的保存时间远远超过非洲木雕的通常时间，对这项工作的放射性碳测试表明，它可以追溯到十五世纪。多贡雕塑主要关注负责土地和人民肥沃的精神。这些包括一个家庭的真实和神话祖先，死于分娩的妇女的灵魂以及水精灵。虽然个别作品的确切功能和意义往往仍然模糊不清，但学者们一致认为多贡雕塑是为神社创作的。多贡雕塑呈现的最独特的主题是一个举起双臂站立的人物。这种姿势通常被解释为一种祈祷的姿态 - 一种将地球和天堂联系起来的努力 - 并且有人认为它可能代表对雨水的呼吁。这幅多贡具象艺术的杰作以自然主义的姿态描绘了一个身体模型良好的男人。艺术家精心渲染了人物的肌肉组织、解剖细节和身体装饰。他风格化的胡须表明他是一位长者，他的年龄和经验使他有权参与多贡社会最重要的宗教、政治和社会事务。这个人物戴着腕带、臂章和脚链，表明他的身份，以及类似于皮革护身符的腰带和颈部吊坠，这也表明了他的精神重要性。
介绍（英）	The Dogon live in the elevated rocky heights of Mali's Bandiagara Escarpment. They rely on agriculture and manage to wrest subsistence crops from poor soil in an area that receives little rain. This monumental figure is one of the largest Dogon sculptures known. The region's dry climate has preserved Dogon works far longer than is usual for African wood sculpture, and radiocarbon testing of this work suggests that it may date as far back as the fifteenth century. Dogon sculpture is primarily concerned with the spirits responsible for the fertility of both land and people. These include a family's real and mythical ancestors, the souls of women who died in childbirth, and water spirits. While the exact functions and meanings of individual works often remain obscure, scholars agree that Dogon sculptures were created for shrines. The most distinctive subject rendered by Dogon sculptures is that of a single figure standing with raised arms. This posture has usually been interpreted as a gesture of prayer—an effort to link earth and heavens—and it has been suggested that it may represent an appeal for rain. This masterpiece of Dogon figurative art depicts a man with a well-modeled body in a naturalistic stance. The artist has carefully rendered the figure's musculature, anatomical detail, and body ornament. His stylized beard identifies him as an elder and an individual whose age and experience entitle him to participate in the most important religious, political, and social affairs of Dogon society. The figure wears wristlets, armlets, and anklets that indicate his status, as well as a belt and neck pendants resembling leather talismans that also suggest his spiritual importance.