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品名（中）	头
品名（英）	Head
入馆年号	1991年，1991.17.7
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 1500 - 公元 1700
创作地区	尼日利亚, 贝宁（Nigeria, Court of Benin）
分类	陶瓷雕塑（Ceramics-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 6 1/2 x 宽 4 3/8 x 深 4 7/8 英寸 (16.5 x 11.1 x 12.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	这是一个贝宁陶制的头像，有着圆圆的脸颊和眼睛，整齐排列的一排排头发，每只眼睛上方都有三个平行的划痕，这是一种纪念性的描绘。口述历史记载，最早的此类作品主要与贝宁第一代国王的祖先祭坛有关。然而，随着时间的推移，皇家祭坛开始以更著名的黄铜材料为特色。在当代江户社会，陶俑头位于黄铜种姓协会的祖先祭坛上，被认为是为了纪念贝宁黄铜种姓。从历史上看，赤土的使用范围可能更为广泛江户陶俑头与黄铜铸造的类似作品的不同之处在于其更为简单，无论是在风格上还是在较少的帝王风格上。一般来说，它们不那么精致或精致，面部特征更厚、更丰满，反映了它们制作的相对速度。也有人认为，国王的珊瑚帝王服可能存放在陶俑头上，或者它们被用作铸造黄铜头的模具。
介绍（英）	This Benin terracotta head, with its full rounded cheeks and eyes, neatly arranged rows of hair, and series of three parallel scarification marks above each eye, is a commemorative depiction. Oral histories recount that the earliest such works were primarily associated with the ancestral altars of the first kings of Benin. However, over time, royal altars came to feature works in the more prestigious material of brass. In contemporary Edo society, terracotta heads are located on the ancestral altars of the brass casters' guild and are believed to memorialize Benin brass casters. Historically, the extent of the use of terracotta may have been more widespread. Edo terracotta heads differ from comparable works cast in brass in their greater simplicity, both stylistically and in the incorporation of less regalia. Generally, they are less delicate or refined, with thicker, fuller facial features, and reflect the relative speed with which they were made. It has also been suggested that the king's coral regalia might have been stored on terracotta heads, or that they were used as molds from which to cast brass heads.