双鹰吊坠 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	双鹰吊坠
品名（英）	Double Eagle Pendant
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.907
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 1000 - 公元 1600
创作地区	巴拿马（Panama）
分类	金属装饰品（Metal-Ornaments）
尺寸	高 5 1/2 x 宽 7 3/4 x 深 1 1/2 英寸 (14 x 19.7 x 3.8厘米)
介绍（中）	数百年来，在从哥斯达黎加到北部和哥伦比亚中部的南部地区，人们制作了多种风格和尺寸的鸟挂件。今天，它们是古代美国最著名的黄金作品。克里斯托弗·哥伦布（Christopher Columbus）首次将它们命名为aguilas（鹰），他注意到，16世纪初，当他沿着中美洲加勒比海岸航行时，当地人将它们挂在脖子上。从该地区各种各样的鸟类以及吊坠上描绘的喙、翅膀和爪子的不同形状来看，很明显，不同的物种都有代表性。建议范围从蜂鸟到猛禽虽然单鸟挂件最常见，但有两只或更多鸟的挂件数量相当多。这个吊坠上的双胞胎鸟有长长的喙，有一个小小的隆起的身体、一对爪子、翅膀和一条宽阔的展开的尾巴。由于缺乏书面记录或其他信息来源，古代鸟类吊坠的象征意义尚不清楚。在现今哥斯达黎加布里布里的神话中，被称为Sibo或Sibu（万物的创造者）的主神以风筝或秃鹰的形式出现，脖子上戴着项圈，这里所示的鸟类也是如此。鸟类挂件可能旨在为佩戴者提供保护。鸟类数量增加一倍可能意味着增加物体的保护力。
介绍（英）	Bird pendants were made for centuries in many styles and sizes in the area stretching from Costa Rica to north and central Colombia in the south. Today they are the best known works in gold from ancient America. They were first named aguilas (eagles) by Christopher Columbus, who noted them being worn by local people hung from their necks when he sailed along the Caribbean coast of Central America at the beginning of the sixteenth century. From the great variety of birds in the region and the different shapes of the beaks, wings, and claws depicted on the pendants, it is clear that various species are represented. Suggestions range from hummingbirds to raptors. Although single bird pendants are most common, those with two or more birds exist in fair numbers. The twin birds on this pendant have long beaks and share a small bulging body, a pair of talons, wings, and a wide, spread out tail. The symbolic meaning of bird pendants in ancient times is not known in the absence of written records or other sources of information. In the mythology of the present-day Bribri of Costa Rica, the principal deity, called Sibo or Sibu (Creator of all things), takes the form of a kite or buzzard wearing a collar around its neck, as do the birds shown here. Bird pendants may have been intended to provide protection to the wearer. The doubling of the birds could have been meant to increase the protective power of the object.