仪式刀（Tumi） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	仪式刀（Tumi）
品名（英）	Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
入馆年号	1987年，1987.394.216
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 1500
创作地区	秘鲁（Peru）
分类	金属工具（Metal-Implements）
尺寸	高 5 13/16 英寸 (14.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	秘鲁北部的莫切人（一至七世纪）是最早使用铜的人之一，通常添加砷来硬化金属并提高铸件的质量。Moche金属工人将大部分贵金属（金和银）锤击到金属板物体上，但许多铜制品都是通过失蜡技术铸造的。制作这把礼刀的奇穆人继承了早期莫切人发展起来的丰富文化和艺术传统。这把刀显然是一个仪式对象，由精致、突出的细节和迷人的轮廓表明，刀有一个半圆形的刀片。平坦的起伏轴上饰有浮雕的圆圈;程式化的鸟类从侧面投射。顶部是一个戴着蘑菇形状头饰的人头。细致的面部特征——瞪大眼睛和张开的嘴巴，被年龄皱纹框住——给脸上一种吃惊的样子。耳垂上的孔曾经有装饰品。物体由铜/砷合金铸造;它的表面现在覆盖着经过几个世纪的埋藏形成的铜腐蚀。
介绍（英）	The Moche people of northern Peru (first–seventh century) were among the first to use copper, often with the addition of arsenic to harden the metal and improve the quality of the cast. Moche metalworkers hammered most of their precious metals—gold and silver—into objects of sheet metal, but many works in copper were cast by the lost-wax technique. The Chimú people, who made this ceremonial knife, inherited the rich cultural and artistic traditions developed by the earlier Moche. Clearly a ritual object, indicated by the delicate, projecting details and attractive silhouette, the knife has a semicircular blade. The flat undulating shaft is embellished with circles in relief; stylized birds project from its sides. At the top is a human head wearing a headdress with mushroom shapes. The detailed facial features—wide staring eyes and open mouth framed by age wrinkles—give the face a startled look. The holes in the earlobes once held ornaments. The object is cast of a copper/arsenic alloy; its surface is now covered with copper corrosion developed over many centuries of burial.