双头图 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	双头图
品名（英）	Double-headed figure
入馆年号	1980年，1980.34.1
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 2300 - 公元前 2200
创作地区	厄瓜多尔（Ecuador）
分类	陶瓷雕塑（Ceramics-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 3 1/2 × 宽 5 1/2 × 深 3/4 英寸 (8.9 × 14 × 1.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	南美洲西部已知的一些最早的艺术品是在厄瓜多尔的圣埃琳娜半岛发现的，瓦尔迪维亚人在那里制作了小石头和陶瓷雕像。后一种雕像是由两块粘土压在一起制成的，形成躯干和腿部。这些雕像以女性为主，经常描绘处于人生不同阶段的女性。然而，也有既有男性特征又有女性特征的雕像的例子，还有像图中这样的人物，它们展示了不止一个人。如图所示，两个女性的头部和躯干从一个共同的下半身出现。这些女性的脸微微倾斜，她们的表情是由小的水平切口形成的。两人都有一头短发，胸部圆形突出，从腰部以上看起来像是彼此的镜像。他们的手臂扣在胸前，双腿张开，呈典型的瓦尔迪维亚雕像姿势。通常被解释为生育数字和/或守护神，这些早熟的雕像的确切用途仍然未知。
介绍（英）	Some of the earliest known works of art in western South America have been found on Ecuador's Santa Elena Peninsula, where the Valdivia peoples produced small stone and ceramic figurines. These latter statuettes were produced from two slabs of clay pressed together to form the torso and legs. Predominantly female, these figurines often depict women in various stages of their lives. There are examples, however, of figurines with both male and female characteristics, as well as figures, like the one pictured here, which display more than one individual. As seen in the figurine here, two female heads and torsos emerge from a shared lower body. The women's faces are tilted slightly and their expressions are formed by small horizontal incisions. Both figures have short caplike hair and round prominent breasts, appearing from the waist up as mirror images of each other. Their arms are clasped below their chests and their legs are splayed in typical Valdivian figurine stance. Commonly interpreted as fertility figures and/or guardian spirits, the exact purpose of these precocious figurines remains unknown.