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品名（中）	祖先对
品名（英）	Ancestor Pair
入馆年号	2005年，2005.91.12
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 25 - 公元 325
创作地区	墨西哥, 纳亚里特（Mexico, Nayarit）
分类	陶瓷雕塑（Ceramics-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 17 1/4 x 宽 15 1/4 英寸 (43.8 x 38.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	这些巨大的中空陶瓷男女雕像，肩部和臀部相连，被认为代表了古代西墨西哥社区的重要祖先。雄性盘腿坐着，穿着一件带有滑涂图案的斗篷或斗篷。他的围腰上有一个附着的勺形生殖器保护器。他戴着一顶Z字形设计的圆锥形帽子，下流苏，右手高举拨浪鼓或海螺壳。这位女性坐着，双腿伸展，穿着一条带有精致设计痕迹的全长裙子。她的左臂上装饰着一条带有五个圆形元素的带子，她把一个小碗举到胸前。突出的鼻子和耳朵装饰物使两个人物都显得优雅大约两千年前，现在的墨西哥纳亚里特州的社区居民将他们尊敬的死者埋葬在山顶墓地一到五米深的竖井和墓室墓中。这些坟墓可能包含多个墓葬和大量的陶瓷器皿、装饰物和其他珍贵物品。大型中空陶瓷人像是高地位坟墓的一个突出特征，它们通常以男女成对或家庭群体的形式制作，突显了亲属关系、血统和祖先在西墨西哥社区实践和信仰中的重要性。
介绍（英）	These large, hollow ceramic male and female figures, joined at the shoulders and hips, are thought to represent important ancestors of an ancient West Mexican community. The male is seated cross-legged, and wears a cape or mantle with a slip-painted pattern. His loincloth features an attached, scoop-shaped genital protector. He wears a conical hat with a zig-zag design and a lower fringe, and holds aloft a rattle or conch shell in his right hand. The female sits with legs extended and wears a full-length skirt with traces of an elaborate design. Her left arm is adorned with a band featuring five round elements and she holds small bowl up to her chest. Prominent nose and ear ornaments grace both figures. Some two thousand years ago, the inhabitants of communities in what is now the modern Mexican state of Nayarit buried their revered dead in in one-to-five meter deep shaft-and-chamber tombs in hilltop cemeteries. These tombs could contain multiple burials and numerous offerings of ceramic vessels, ornaments, and other precious items. Large, hollow ceramic figures were a prominent feature of high-status tombs, and they were often made in male-female pairs, or family groups, underscoring the importance of kinship, descent, and ancestors in West Mexican community practice and belief.