集装箱（库多） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	集装箱（库多）
品名（英）	Container (Kuduo)
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.178a-c
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	加纳（Ghana）
分类	金属容器（Metal-Containers）
尺寸	高 10 3/4 x 宽 7 3/4 x 深 7 13/16 英寸 (27.3 x 19.7 x 19.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	奥尔纳特铸造的黄铜器皿被称为kuduo，是阿卡王国国王和朝臣的财产。金粉和金块以及其他具有个人价值和意义的物品都保存在库多。作为主人克拉或生命力的容器，它们是旨在纪念和保护个人的仪式的突出特征。在他去世时，一个人的库多装满了黄金和其他祭品，并被包括在留在墓地的一组物品中这个库多的精致形式和复杂的图像揭示了阿坎人在创作宫廷艺术时所借鉴的广泛的美学传统。来自欧洲和北非的货物，以换取阿卡黄金、纺织品和奴隶，其中包括一些船只，这些船只可能在一定程度上启发了这个库多和其他库多的设计。表面雕刻的重复几何图案带，以及优雅的张开的脚、身体和把手，可能反映了伊斯兰的影响。外部的闩锁机制反映了保存在船内的材料的价值，并暗示了该船保持船东克拉安全的象征性功能这对库多是1979.206.178a-c的一对。
介绍（英）	Ornate, cast brass vessels known as kuduo were the possessions of kings and courtiers in the Akan kingdoms. Gold dust and nuggets were kept in kuduo, as were other items of personal value and significance. As receptacles for their owners' kra, or life force, they were prominent features of ceremonies designed to honor and protect that individual. At the time of his death, a person's kuduo was filled with gold and other offerings and included in an assembly of items left at the burial site. The elaborate form and complex iconography of this kuduo reveal the broad range of aesthetic traditions from which the Akan peoples have drawn to create their courtly arts. Goods from Europe and North Africa, received in exchange for Akan gold, textiles, and slaves, included vessels that may have partly inspired the design of this and other kuduo. The repeating bands of geometric patterns incised into the surface, as well as the elegantly flaring foot, body, and handle, may reflect Islamic influences. A latch mechanism on the exterior reflects the value of the materials kept within and alludes to the vessel's symbolic function of keeping its owner's kra secure. This Kuduo is a pair with 1979.206.178a-c.