带秃鹫的耳罩 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带秃鹫的耳罩
品名（英）	Earflare with condor
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.1246
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 500 - 公元 700
创作地区	秘鲁（Peru）
分类	金属装饰品（Metal-Ornaments）
尺寸	高 3 × 宽 3 × 深 4 1/4 英寸 (7.6 × 7.6 × 10.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	莫切金属工人是古代秘鲁最具创造力和才华的工人之一。他们开发了复杂的机械和冶金技术，用于连接他们加工的三种基本金属：金、铜和银。在这些技术复杂的耳罩上，前板是由金片制成的，上面用小标签固定着repussésilver鸟。背板和轴是镀金的铜，也以这种方式连接。装饰物戴在膨胀的耳垂上，长长的管状轴抵消了额部的重量这些有着巨大爪子和强壮弯曲喙的鸟装饰着这些耳罩，描绘的是安第斯秃鹰，通过喙基部的大肉阜（肉质突起）和脖子上的垂肉来识别。安第斯秃鹰栖息在海拔9000英尺以上的安第斯山脉，翼展可达10英尺，给人留下深刻印象。它们主要以腐肉为食，但偶尔会为了食物而杀人。秃鹰和秃鹫是极具象征意义的鸟类，是摩切艺术中经常出现的主题。它们装饰着祭祀仪式中使用的刀，经常啄人和动物的头部和身体。由于它们的饮食习惯，它们与捕食、死亡和牺牲有着天然的联系。也许这些饰品是由一个进行祭祀的人佩戴的。
介绍（英）	Moche metalworkers were among the most inventive and talented in ancient Peru. They developed sophisticated mechanical and metallurgical techniques for joining the three basic metals they worked: gold, copper, and silver. On these technically complex earflares, the front plates are made of sheet gold to which repoussé silver birds are attached by small tabs. The back plates and shafts are of gilded copper and also join in this manner. The ornaments were worn in the distended lobes of the ears, the long tubular shafts counterbalancing the weight of the frontals. The birds with massive talons and strong, curved beaks adorning these earflares depict Andean condors, identified by the large caruncle (fleshy protuberance) at the base of their beaks and the wattle around their necks. Impressive birds with a wing span of up to ten feet, Andean condors inhabit the high Andes mountains above 9,000 feet. They are primarily carrion eaters, but will occasionally kill for food. Condors and vultures are highly symbolic birds and are a frequent theme in Moche art. They embellish tumis, or knives used in ritual sacrifice, and are often shown pecking at human and animal heads and bodies. Because of their eating habits, they have a natural connection with predation, death, and sacrifice. Perhaps these ornaments were worn by an individual performing a sacrifice.