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品名（中）	胸肌
品名（英）	Pectoral
入馆年号	1991年，1991.419.36
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 1200 - 公元 1500
创作地区	哥伦比亚（Colombia）
分类	金属装饰品（Metal-Ornaments）
尺寸	高 13 1/4 × 宽 12 3/8 × 深 1/8 英寸 (33.7 × 31.4 × 0.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	在 1530 年代西班牙征服之前的最后一个世纪里，哥伦比亚考卡河中游河谷的金属工人生产了令人印象深刻的装饰品，这些装饰品完全依赖于形状和表面质量来产生冲击力和存在感。黄金在这个地区被加工成个人装饰品已有一千多年的历史。早期的胸肌尺寸也非常大，但经过精心制作和装饰，并带有重复图案和自由悬挂的元素。这个醒目的T形胸有一个小脸，眼睛，鼻子和嘴巴在靠近顶部的中心平面上以低浮雕呈现。胡须或可能的唇饰出现在嘴巴下方。没有头部的迹象。简单而优雅的形状的整个边缘用一排凸起的点勾勒出来。对无机形态的人脸的解释具有挑战性;它可能是拟人化图像的高度抽象渲染。
介绍（英）	In the last few centuries before the Spanish conquest in the 1530s, metalworkers in Colombia's middle Cauca River valley produced impressive ornaments that relied entirely on shape and surface quality for impact and presence. Gold had been worked into personal ornaments in this region for over a thousand years. Pectorals from earlier periods were very large in size also, but were elaborated and embellished with repoussé patterns and free-hanging elements. This striking T-shaped pectoral has a small face with eyes, nose, and mouth rendered in low relief on the flat surface in the center near the top. A beard or possibly a lip ornament appears beneath the mouth. There is no indication of a head. The entire edge of the simple yet elegant form is outlined with a row of raised dots. The interpretation of the human face on the inorganic form is challenging; it may be a highly abstract rendering of an anthropomorphic image.