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品名（中）	图形
品名（英）	Figure
入馆年号	1980年，1980.83.12
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	公元前 2200 - 公元前 2000
创作地区	厄瓜多尔（Ecuador）
分类	陶瓷雕塑（Ceramics-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 4 × 宽 1 1/4 × 深 1 英寸 (10.2 × 3.2 × 2.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	大约在公元前4000年至3500年，厄瓜多尔沿海的瓦尔迪维亚遗址（如Real Alto和Loma Alta）开始制作陶俑。这些雕像植根于该地区早期的石俑传统，是南美第一个此类雕像。这些陶俑是由两卷粘土挤压而成的，然后将其雕刻成雕像的主体。与之前的石头雕像一样，大多数陶俑都是女性，尽管也有一些陶俑同时表现出男性和女性的特征。如图所示，这尊雕像拥有乳房，还有一个象征男性生殖器的下腹突出物。躯干、胸部和颈部被条纹覆盖，而手臂、腿部、乳房和阴茎仍然裸露。该人物的头发精心设计，这是典型的瓦尔迪维亚泥人的头发，垂到肩膀以下，形成面部轮廓。这尊雕像直立的姿态和紧握的双手让人想起了当今美国原住民的一些舞蹈姿势，并导致一些学者认为，瓦尔迪维亚雕像的一部分实际上代表了舞蹈人物。
介绍（英）	Around 4000–3500 B.C., ceramic figurines began to be produced along the coast of Ecuador at Valdivia sites like Real Alto and Loma Alta. Rooted in the region's earlier stone figurine tradition, these statuettes were the first of their kind in South America. The figurines were constructed by squeezing together two rolls of clay, which were then sculpted to form the body of the figure. Like their stone predecessors, the majority of the ceramic figurines were female, although there were instances in which figurines displayed both male and female attributes. As seen in the object here, the figurine possesses breasts as well as a lower abdominal protrusion that may symbolize male genitalia. The torso, chest, and neck are covered with strippling, while the arms, legs, breasts, and phallus remain bare. The figure's hair—elaborately styled, as is typical of Valdivian clay figurines—falls below the shoulders and frames the face. The figure's upright stance and clasped hands is evocative of some present-day Native American dance postures, and have led some scholars to suggest that a portion of the Valdivia statuettes actually represent dancing figures.