棒神（Akua Ka'ai） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	棒神（Akua Ka'ai）
品名（英）	Stick God (Akua Ka'ai)
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.1625
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 1850
创作地区	美国, 夏威夷（United States, Hawai'i）
分类	木雕（Wood-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 12 1/8 × 宽 1 11/16 × 深 1 1/4 英寸 (30.8 × 4.3 × 3.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	夏威夷人崇敬，在某些情况下仍然尊重众多超自然生物或akua。在宗教仪式期间，akua经常表现在雕刻的人物或其他物体中，作为其超自然力量（法力）的容器。人类或动物形式的神圣图像被称为ki'i。一些ki'i，通常被称为akua ka'ai，雕刻在尖头木桩上，可以插入地面或房屋或其他结构的茅草墙中，以使人物直立。小的akua ka'ai，例如现在的作品，可能被用于私人奉献。如果是这样，他们可能会描绘"aumakua"，与个别家庭或活动相关的超自然生物。这个人物头部的脊可能描绘了高级男性酋长佩戴的凤头头盔（mahiole）。如果是这样，该图像可能描绘了祖先酋长或身着酋长王权的神灵。
介绍（英）	The Hawaiians venerated, and in some cases still honor, a multitude of supernatural beings, or akua. During religious observances, akua often manifested themselves in carved figures or other objects, which served as vessels for their supernatural power (mana). Sacred images in human or animal form were known as ki'i. Some ki'i, often called akua ka'ai, were carved atop a pointed stake, which could be inserted into the ground or the thatched walls of houses or other structures to allow the figure to stand upright. Small akua ka'ai, such as the present work, may have been used for private devotion. If so, they may portray 'aumakua, supernatural beings associated with individual families or activities. The ridge on the head of this figure may portray the crested helmet (mahiole) worn by high-ranking male chiefs. If so, the image may depict an ancestral chief or a deity clad in chiefly regalia.