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品名（中）	手镯
品名（英）	Bracelet
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.302
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 1400 - 公元 1897
创作地区	尼日利亚（Nigeria）
分类	金属装饰品（Metal-Ornaments）
尺寸	高 5 7/8 × 直径 4 1/2 英寸 (14.9 × 11.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	早在15世纪，伊杰布的约鲁巴王国就是一个主要的黄铜铸造中心，为各种宫廷和宗教环境铸造金属制品。像这样的手镯是为统治者、牧师等精英以及奥苏格博社会的成员制作的。奥苏格博的男女官员被指控担任司法职务，主要负责管理继任。虽然许多这样的世俗服饰陪伴着主人走向坟墓，但其他的则是代代相传的珍贵传家宝这件特别精致的臂章的装饰明显体现了Ijebu雕塑风格的特点，该风格采用蜿蜒的线条和开放的空间，创造出异常复杂的精致图案。四个戴着圆锥形帽子、交叉绑带和包装纸的人物均匀地排列在整个表面。他们隆起的额头上有两个新月形的痕迹，表明他们是奥苏格博祭司。下面是梨形的身体，有着肉质突出的胃，由小而旋转的腿支撑着。在主要人物的两侧，也有着圆锥形帽子，但没有前额的标记。它们叠加在带有扇形边缘的实心面板上。一系列的对角线和锯齿形的三角形和菱形覆盖了手镯的大部分表面。统治者的手臂在肘部和手腕处弯曲，模仿了这些有角度的形状，并将人物完美地融入到整体设计中。袖扣凸缘上的环证明了小金属钟的存在，现在已经不见了，只要轻轻一动就会发出叮当声，并引起人们对这件美丽而昂贵的装饰品的注意对头部和奥苏格博祭司的描绘表明，这只臂章是由一位高级酋长佩戴的。通过引用奥苏格博，统治者表明了其权力的合法性，而无实体的头部可能指的是他所拥有的权力的子部门。
介绍（英）	As early as the fifteenth century, the Yoruba kingdom of Ijebu was a major brass-casting center that cast metalworks for a wide range of courtly and religious contexts. Bracelets like this one were created for elites such as rulers and priests as well as members of the Osugbo society. Male and female Osugbo officials were charged with a judiciary role and regulated chiefly succession. While many such items of worldly finery accompanied their owners to the grave, others were cherished heirlooms passed down to successive generations. The style of representation evident in the ornamentation of this especially elaborate armlet is characteristic of the Ijebu sculptural style, which employs sinuous line and open space to create delicate patterns of exceptional complexity. Four figures dressed in conical hats, crossed bandoliers, and wrappers are arrayed evenly across the surface. Their bulging foreheads display twin crescent marks, indicating that they are Osugbo priests. Below, pear-shaped bodies with fleshy, protruding stomachs are supported by diminutive, twiglike legs. Disembodied heads, also with conical hats but lacking forehead markings, appear to either side of the chiefly figures. They are superimposed on solid panels with scalloped edges. Series of diagonal lines and zigzags that form triangles and diamonds cover much of the bracelet's surface. The rulers' arms, which are bent at the elbows and wrists, mimic these angular forms and serve to integrate the figures seamlessly into the overall design. Loops at the armlet's flanges attest to the presence of small metal bells, now missing, which would jingle at the slightest movement and call attention to this beautiful and costly ornament. The depictions of heads and Osugbo priests suggests that this armlet was worn by a high-ranking chief. By invoking Osugbo, the ruler indicated the legitimacy of his power, while the disembodied heads may refer to subchiefs over whom he held authority.