成语：预言之鸟（ahianmwen oro） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	成语：预言之鸟（ahianmwen oro）
品名（英）	Idiophone: Bird of Prophecy (ahianmwen-oro)
入馆年号	1991年，1991.17.89
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 1897
创作地区	尼日利亚, 贝宁（Nigeria, Court of Benin）
分类	金属乐器（Metal-Musical Instruments）
尺寸	高 13 英寸 × 宽 3 3/4 英寸 × 深 3 3/4 英寸 (33 × 9.5 × 9.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	手持式拍手器是一种广泛而多样的"发声"乐器，统称为白痴乐器，它们在不添加拉伸膜或振动弦或簧片的情况下发出声音。贝宁主体中最常见的拍板形式是由一个圆柱形轴组成，轴上有一只长喙的鸟，翅膀张开，比如这个例子。它们是通过用金属棒击打鸟的喙来表演的在Ugie Oro宫廷节日中，这只张开翅膀栖息在这只白痴的翅膀上的鸟通常被称为"预言之鸟"（ahianmwen Oro），有时被称为是"上帝的使者"（odibosa）。从16世纪埃西吉国王统治开始，在乌吉奥罗宫廷仪式上，描绘预言之鸟的拍手声被视为贝宁国王被赋予改变历史的权力的标志。
介绍（英）	Hand-held clappers are among a vast and varied category of 'self-sounding' musical instruments, known collectively as idiophones, that produce sound without the addition of a stretched membrane or a vibrating string or reed. The most common form of clapper in the Benin corpus consists of a cylindrical shaft surmounted by the figure of a long-beaked bird with outstretched wings, such as this example. They are played by striking the bird figure on its beak with a metal rod. The bird perched with outstretched wings on the finials of this idiophone sounded on the occasions of Ugie Oro court festivals is usually called the "bird of prophecy" (ahianmwen-oro) and sometimes the "messenger of god" (odibosa). Beginning with the reign of King Esigie in the sixteenth century, the sounding of clappers depicting the bird of prophecy at Ugie Oro court ceremonies was regarded as a sign that the kings of Benin were endowed with the power to alter history.