房屋柱数字（Amo） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	房屋柱数字（Amo）
品名（英）	House Post Figure (Amo)
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.1508
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 1800
创作地区	新西兰（New Zealand）
分类	木质建筑（Wood-Architectural）
尺寸	高 43 × W, 11 × 深 5 英寸 (109.2 × 27.9 × 12.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	大型社区会议室是新西兰毛利人社区的重要联络点，并将继续发挥作用（Aotearoa）。会议室装饰着描绘毛利神话中祖先和人物的雕刻，是会议室、招待所、社区中心和讨论重要问题的聚会场所。会议室作为保存当地群体的历史、习俗和家谱并代代相传的地方尤为重要。会议室的结构本身代表了一个原始祖先的身体——屋顶的脊杆是脊椎，椽子是肋骨，外部的山墙板是伸出的手臂，屋顶顶部的山墙装饰物是正面。内部装饰有雕刻面板和其他建筑构件，描绘了强大的祖先，包括男性和女性这些祖先图像构成了该群体的视觉历史，同时代表和体现了其杰出祖先的精神。许多人代表着杰出的战士，他们过去曾为保护社区而战这幅面板描绘了一位来自特阿拉瓦地区的祖先，曾装饰过一座毛利人会议室，可能描绘了一名古代战士。在对手臂的风格化描绘中传达出的激烈运动感表明，这个人物很可能在跳战争舞蹈，而他的舌头是为了反抗人民的敌人而伸出的。
介绍（英）	Large communal meeting houses served, and continue to serve, as important focal points for the community among the Maori people of New Zealand (Aotearoa). Richly adorned with carvings depicting ancestors and figures from Maori mythology, the meeting house functions as council chamber, guest house, community center, and gathering place for the discussion and debate of important issues. Meeting houses are particularly important as places where the local group's history, customs, and genealogy are preserved and passed down to succeeding generations. The structure of the meeting house itself represents the body of a primoridial ancestor — the ridge pole of the roof is the spine, the rafters the ribs, the gable boards on the exterior the outstretched arms, and the gable ornament at the peak of the roof the face. The interior is extensively decorated with carved panels and other architectural members depicting powerful ancestors, both male and female. These ancestor images constitute a visual history of the group, simultaneously representing and embodying the spirts of its illustrious forebearers. Many represent prominent warriors who, in the past, fought to protect the community. Depicting an ancestor from the Te Arawa region, this panel once adorned a Maori meeting house and may depict an ancient warrior. The sense of fierce movement conveyed in the stylized depiction of the arms indicate's that the figure is likely engaged in a war dance, while his tongue is thrust out in defiance of his people's enemies.