黄金重量：鸡头 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	黄金重量：鸡头
品名（英）	Gold Weight: Chicken's Head
入馆年号	1994年，1994.312.19
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 1700 - 公元 1800
创作地区	加纳（Ghana）
分类	金属工具（Metal-Implements）
尺寸	长 1/2 英寸
介绍（中）	从十四世纪开始，阿坎人在非洲西海岸与葡萄牙人和西班牙人进行了广泛的贸易，后来被称为"黄金海岸"。阿坎人与欧洲和伊斯兰商人的贸易使用了不同而复杂的计量系统。在阿卡社会，黄金与权威、皇室和神圣紧密相关。它在皇室和装饰上的奢华使用是阿卡恩宫廷仪式的一个突出特点。这三个黄金砝码反映了阿卡冶金技艺的丰富和广度，它们的形式有椅子、头朝后的鸟（被称为Sankofa）和鸡头在阿坎社会，人们非常重视口头口才和表达中对谚语的巧妙解释。谚语是许多形式的阿卡视觉艺术的图像来源，包括黄金砝码。Sankofa的形象来源于阿卡谚语，该谚语说："事后学习没有错。"这个主题可能是基于一只神话中的鸟，它的头向后飞，也可能是一只鸟，它在背后伸手觅食。在阿坎谚语中，母鸡经常与长者的智慧联系在一起。带有x形腿的Akonkromfi椅子主要用于节日场合，最有可能是模仿17世纪流行的欧洲折叠椅原型。凳子和椅子是阿卡王室王权的主要组成部分。最著名的阿堪凳子是Asante金色凳子，据说它是从天上降下来的，是纯金的。
介绍（英）	Beginning in the fourteenth century, the Akan engaged in extensive trade with both the Portuguese and Spanish along the west coast of Africa, which subsequently came to be known as the "Gold Coast." The Akan used differing and complicated systems of measurement for trade with European and Islamic traders. In Akan society, gold was intimately associated with authority, royalty, and the sacred. Its lavish use in regalia and ornament was a prominent feature of Akan court ceremony. These three gold weights reflect the wealth and breadth of Akan metallurgic virtuosity and take the form of a chair, a bird with its head turned back to its tail, known as Sankofa, and a chicken head. In Akan society, a great deal of importance is placed on verbal eloquence and the artful interpretation of proverbs in expression. Proverbs are the source of imagery for many forms of Akan visual art, including gold weights. The Sankofa image is derived from the Akan proverb that states, "There is nothing wrong with learning from hindsight." The motif may be based on a mythical bird that flies forwards with its head turned backwards, or it may be based on a bird that reaches behind it for food. In Akan proverbs, the hen is frequently associated with the wisdom of elders. The Akonkromfi chair, with x-form legs, was primarily used on festive occasions and most likely modeled after a European folding-chair prototype popular in the seventeenth century. Stools and, by association, chairs are the primary components of Akan royal regalia. The most famous Akan stool is the Asante Golden Stool, which is said to have descended from heaven and to have been solid gold.