鸟类Finial - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	鸟类Finial
品名（英）	Bird Finial
入馆年号	2004年，2004.549
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 875 - 公元 1625
创作地区	哥伦比亚（Colombia）
分类	骨头（Bone）
尺寸	高 2 × 宽 1 1/2 × 深 1 英寸 (5.1 × 3.8 × 2.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	杖头或饰饰是古哥伦比亚较为不寻常的物品之一，在功能上还不太清楚。它们只在哥伦比亚西北部的Sinú地区很常见，在那里它们是用铜和金铸造的。在邻近的西北部泰罗纳地区，它们的金属并不为人所知，但据说一些雕刻的骨头来自加勒比海海岸的墓葬。这顶饰的特点是一只鸟站在一个椭圆形的平台上。这种鸟有强壮的腿和折叠在两侧的翅膀。它的长脖子，戴着一条饰有雕刻的项链，向后仰，头靠在身上，有着圆圆的大眼睛和弯曲的喙。头部和颈部也装饰有几何图案。鸟喙上方的肉质突起可能表明这只鸟是一只秃鹰。底部的一个洞表明，饰边安装在一根棍子上，并用系带固定在弯曲的底座周围。
介绍（英）	Staff heads or finials are among the more unusual objects from ancient Colombia and are functionally not well understood. They were quite common only in the Sinú region in northwestern Colombia, where they were cast in copper and gold. In the neighboring northwestern Tairona area, they are not known in metal but a few carved bone examples are said to have come from burials on the Caribbean coast. This finial features a bird standing on an oval platform. The bird has strong legs and wings that are folded on its sides. Its long neck, wearing a necklace with incised decoration, is turned back and its head, with big round eyes and curved beak, rests on its body. The head and neck are also decorated with a geometric pattern. The fleshy protuberance above the bird's beak may indicate that the bird is a condor. A hole on the underside suggests that the finial was mounted on a staff and secured with ties around its incurved base.