宝箱（帕帕侯） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	宝箱（帕帕侯）
品名（英）	Treasure Box (Papahou)
入馆年号	1978年，1978.412.755a, b
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 1700 - 公元 1800
创作地区	新西兰（New Zealand）
分类	木质容器（Wood-Containers）
尺寸	高 3 1/4 英寸 × 宽 4 英寸 × 深 17 1/2 英寸 (8.3 × 10.2 × 44.5 厘米) 高 5 1/2 英寸 w/mount
介绍（中）	个人饰品是毛利文化中的重要物品。它们经常戴在身体最神圣的部位头部，吸收佩戴者的超自然力量（魔力），在不使用时会小心处理。为了装饰品和其他贵重物品，雕刻师以前制作了挂在房屋椽子上的宝箱，以使珍贵而有力的物品放在够不到的地方。由于这些盒子经常从下面看到，它们的下侧也被广泛雕刻<像这件作品这样的浅矩形宝箱被称为帕帕侯。这里的图案主要由可能代表祖先的人形（tiki）组成。盖子上装饰着一个由三个倾斜的提基组成的把手，其中两个提基被描绘成生育的行为，也许象征着祖先通过他们活着的后代的魔力的延续。
介绍（英）	Personal ornaments are important objects in Maori culture. Often worn on the head, the most sacred part of the body, these absorb the supernatural power (mana) of their wearers and are carefully handled when not in use. To contain ornaments and other valuable objects, carvers formerly fashioned treasure boxes that were hung from the rafters of houses to keep their precious and powerful contents out of reach. As the boxes were often seen from below, their undersides were also extensively carved. Shallow rectangular treasure boxes such as this work were called papahou. The designs here consist primarily of human figures (tiki) that likely represent ancestors. The lid is adorned with a handle formed by three reclining tiki, two of whom are depicted in the act of procreation, perhaps symbolizing the continuity of the mana of the ancestors through their living descendants.