动物形态图 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	动物形态图
品名（英）	Zoomorphic Figure
入馆年号	1984年，1984.123.1
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 1500 - 公元 1600
创作地区	巴布亚新几内亚, 南高地省（Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Province）
分类	石雕（Stone-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 16 1/8 × 宽 4 5/8 × 直径 4 1/2 英寸 (41 × 11.7 × 11.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	已知最早的海洋雕塑是在新几内亚发现的各种古代石器。它们主要出土于内陆的山区高地，是曾经在岛上广泛繁荣的一种或多种文化的神秘遗迹。它们包括独立的人物以及迫击炮、杵、棍头和其他形式。这些物体的年代仍然不确定，尽管最近与一个例子相关的有机物质是碳年代在公元前1500年左右，这表明有些是古老的。这个图可能描绘了针鼹，一种与鸭嘴兽有关的产卵哺乳动物。尽管它们的原始意义尚不清楚，但史前石器在许多当代高地人民的宗教生活中扮演或发挥了重要作用。偶然出土，它们被认为是超自然的强大物体，用于各种仪式环境，包括生育仪式、治疗疾病、战争和邪恶魔法。
介绍（英）	The earliest known Oceanic sculptures are a variety of ancient stone objects discovered in New Guinea. Unearthed primarily in the mountainous highlands of the interior, they are enigmatic remnants of a culture, or cultures, that once flourished widely on the island. They include independent figures as well as mortars, pestles, club heads, and other forms. The dating of these objects remains uncertain, although organic material associated with one example recently has been carbon dated to around 1500 B.C., indicating that some are of great antiquity. This figure possibly depicts an echidna, an egg-laying mammal related to the platypus. Although their original significance is unknown, prehistoric stone objects play, or played, important roles in the religious life of many contemporary Highland peoples. Unearthed by chance, they are regarded as supernaturally powerful objects and are used in diverse ceremonial contexts, including fertility rites, curing sickness, warfare, and malevolent magic.