蝙蝠鼻形吊坠 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	蝙蝠鼻形吊坠
品名（英）	Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.1155
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 1100 - 公元 1400
创作地区	巴拿马（Panama）
分类	金属装饰品（Metal-Ornaments）
尺寸	高 4 1/8 × 宽 3 1/4 × 深 2 1/4 英寸 (10.5 × 8.3 × 5.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	当今巴拿马和哥斯达黎加的强大的前西王朝统治者通过在生与死中炫耀黄金饰品来表达他们的权威和地位。将人类形态与根据特定行为特征选择的各种动物形态相结合的吊坠用丁字裤或绳索悬挂在脖子上。蝙蝠在黑暗中移动的能力可能导致在该地区的黄金制品中使用了蝙蝠特征的抽象，特别是在类似于跟踪的投影上的环形鼻子和眼睛。在当今中美洲的传说中，蝙蝠与祭祀、农业和植被有关在他的两侧，蝙蝠头的人类躯干拿着两个带有喇叭形顶部的球拍，重复着他的头饰的形状。图中张开的嘴露出了裸露的牙齿，猫鱼状的杠铃从嘴角上方延伸出来。赤裸的躯干上有突出的结节状乳房，两侧有两个螺旋状的喇叭，让人联想到鳄鱼。一颗鲸鱼的牙齿从躯干的中空底部露出，形状弯曲，延续了上半身的线条。
介绍（英）	The powerful Prehispanic rulers of present-day Panama and Costa Rica expressed their authority and status by the ostentatious display of gold ornaments in both life and death. Pendants that combine human form with those of various animals selected for specific behavioral characteristics were suspended from the neck by a thong or cord. The ability of a bat to move in the dark might have led to the use of abstractions of its features in the goldwork of the region, particularly the loop nose and eyes on stalklike projections. In present-day Central American lore, bats are associated with sacrifice, agriculture, and vegetation. At his sides, the bat-headed human torso holds two paddles with flared tops that repeat the shape of his headdress. The open mouth of the figure reveals bared teeth, and catfishlike barbels extend from above its corners. The unclothed torso features prominent knoblike breasts and is flanked by two spiraling flares suggestive of crocodilians. A whale tooth emerges from the hollow base of the torso with a curved shape that continues the line of the upper body.