驼背身材 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	驼背身材
品名（英）	Hunchbacked Figure
入馆年号	1989年，1989.392
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 1200 - 公元前 800
创作地区	墨西哥（Mexico）
分类	陶瓷雕塑（Ceramics-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 2 5/8 x 宽 2 1/4英寸 (6.7 x 5.7厘米)
介绍（中）	驼背的许多表现导致人们认为驼背人在古代中美洲世界中占有重要地位。从奥尔梅克人开始，由于他们的身体异常，这些人被认为拥有特殊的能力。这尊奥尔梅克雕像的手工制作的白色滑动表面涂有棕色颜料，描绘了面部和胸部的现实和象征特征。这张自然渲染的脸，有着杏仁状的眼睛、宽阔的鼻子和厚嘴唇，在类型上与奥尔梅克巨大的玄武岩头像相似。这种真实感，再加上人物放松的身体姿势，使他看起来栩栩如生，尽管他的体型很小。这尊雕像可能是个人财产，可能属于统治者，也可能是想让驼背的超自然力量近在咫尺的人。后来对驼背的描述将他们描绘成皇家宫廷的成员，他们可能是因为统治者希望与驼背被认为可以进入的超自然领域交流。
介绍（英）	The many representations of hunchbacks have led to the suggestion hunchbacks people held positions of importance in the ancient Mesoamerican world. Beginning with Olmec peoples, these individuals were thought to possess special abilities due to their physical anomalies. The hand-modeled, white-slipped surface of this Olmec figurine is painted with brown pigment delineating both realistic and symbolic features on the face and chest. The naturalistically rendered face, with its almond-shaped eyes, broad nose, and thick lips, is similar in type to that exhibited by Olmec colossal basalt heads. This realism, combined with the figure's relaxed body posture, makes him seem lifelike despite his small size. The figurine may have been a personal possession, perhaps belonging to a ruler or one who desired to keep the supernatural powers of a hunchback close at hand. Later representations of hunchbacks depict them as members of royal courts where they may have been due to the ruler's desire to commune with the supernatural realm to which the hunchbacks were thought to have access.