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品名（中）	插值（强烈）
品名（英）	Tekoteko (gable figure)
入馆年号	2022年，2022.346
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 1740 - 公元 1760
创作地区	奥泰罗亚（新西兰）（Aotearoa (New Zealand)）
分类	木雕（Wood-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 43 x 宽 3 5/8 x 深 4 1/2 英寸 (109.2 x 9.2 x 11.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个雕刻的山墙人物以其精湛的技艺和技术成就而著称。作为毛利人雕像雕塑的杰出典范，该雕刻参考了男性和女性的早期祖先结合，表现为第一代类似鸟类的祖先，他们作为社区的保护守护神（kaitiaki）而藐视。这些数字高高地放置在礼仪房屋或商店（pātaka）的前顶，代表了社区的基础，是强大的家谱原则的高度可见体现，确保了部落群体（iwi，hapu）的持续活力及其后代的未来生活，这是其精神财富和政治权威的信号。这对祖先形象的"非凡"方面通过他们富有表现力和柔软的身体、纤细、逐渐变细的手指和鸟状的蹼脚来强调，这肯定了他们从最早的鸟类般的原始祖先的直接后裔。他们独特的，切割的面部和身体纹身标记（tā moko）表明他们的高地位和主要血统。这些数字为在创造时期进化的生物提供了强烈的视觉参考，当时神圣的夜晚（te po）被创造的第一道光（te ao marama）刺穿，当时宇宙的创造力处于最活跃的状态。这种强大的创造力在男性和女性人物的配对中得到了引用，例如这些人物的结合，通过将他们放置在礼仪屋或商店的顶点，从远处可以看到他们来庆祝和强调。这件雕刻中丰富的木材黑色铜绿是将雕刻浸泡在帕鲁（一种浸泡在铁中的特级黑泥）中的结果，这有助于其保存。贝壳镶嵌物落入每个人物的眼睛中，与每件雕塑作品的深色背景形成鲜明对比，挑战那些敢于接近这些主要仪式空间的人，这些空间是酋长的神圣领域，也是 18 世纪毛利部落社区的焦点。
介绍（英）	This carved gable figure is remarkable for its virtuosity and technical accomplishment. An outstanding example of Māori figural sculpture, the carving references the early ancestral union of male and female expressed as a first generation of bird-like ancestor beings, standing defiant in their role as protective guardian spirits (kaitiaki) for the community. Placed high at the front apex of a ceremonial house or store (pātaka), these figures represent the foundation of the community, a highly visible embodiment of powerful genealogical principles that ensure the ongoing vitality of the tribal group (iwi, hapu) and the future lives of its descendants, a signal of its spiritual wealth and political authority. The ‘extra’-ordinary aspect of this pair of ancestral figures is emphasized by their expressive and supple bodies, the slender, tapering of their fingers, and bird-like webbed feet, which affirm their direct descent from the earliest bird-like primordial ancestors. Their distinctive, incised facial and bodily tattoo markings (tā moko) indicate their high status and chiefly lineage. The figures provide a strong visual reference to beings who evolved during the time of creation, when the sacred night (te po) was pierced with the first light of creation (te ao marama) when the creative forces of the universe were at their most dynamic. This powerful creativity is referenced in the pairing of the male and female figures such as these whose union was celebrated and underscored by positioning them prominently at the apex of the ceremonial house or store where they could be seen from afar. The rich black patina of the wood in this carving is the result of steeping the carving in paru (a special-grade black mud steeped in iron) which has contributed to its preservation. Shell insets, dropped into the eyes of each figure, provided scintillating flash points in contrast to the dark background of each sculptural piece, challenging those who dared approach these chiefly ceremonial spaces which were the sacred domain of chiefs and the focal point of 18th-century Māori tribal communities.