装饰刀（tumi） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	装饰刀（tumi）
品名（英）	Ornamented Knife (tumi)
入馆年号	1987年，1987.394.411
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 1550
创作地区	秘鲁（Peru）
分类	金属工具（Metal-Implements）
尺寸	高 6 3/4 × 宽 6 1/4 × 深 2 1/2 英寸 (17.1 × 15.9 × 6.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	印加人继承了金属加工传统，这种传统在他们掌权前2000多年就开始了。他们将帝国各地，尤其是北海岸的金属工人带到他们的首都库斯科，生产金、银、铜和青铜的物品。刀，或图米斯，是印加时代生产的最常见和分布最广泛的金属工具之一。印加图米通常由铜或锡青铜制成，有一个长而弯曲的刀片，与手柄成直角。手柄可以是扁平的或圆形的，许多都有装饰的顶部。轴顶部的悬挂环表明它们悬挂在腰带或项链上。图米斯在安第斯山脉被用于祭祀仪式已有数千年的历史，并且经常出现在即将进行祭祀行为的神灵和超自然人士手中的艺术品中。刀具本身通常装饰在顶部的祭祀场景或涉及牺牲的元素。在这个肚子上，手柄的顶部带有强大的猛禽的巨大爪子，轴的凹凸不平的质地让人联想到猛禽腿部粗糙的皮肤。猛禽和秃鹫的饮食习惯使它们与牺牲和死者世界有着自然的象征联系。埋葬的纺织品印记覆盖了刀片的大部分表面。
介绍（英）	The Inca inherited a metalworking tradition that began well over 2,000 years before their rise to power. They brought metalworkers from all over the empire, especially the north coast, to their capital Cuzco, to produce objects in gold, silver, copper, and bronze. Knives, or tumis, were among the most common and widely distributed metal tools produced in Inca times. Typically made of copper or tin bronze, Inca tumis have a long, curved blade at right angles to the handle. The handles could be flat or round, and many have decorated tops. Suspension loops at the top of the shaft suggest they were hung from the belt or necklace. Tumis were used in ritual sacrifice in the Andes for thousands of years and are frequently seen in artworks in the hands of deities and supernaturals about to perform an act of sacrifice. The knives themselves are often embellished with sacrificial scenes at the top or with elements that refer to sacrifice. On this tumi, the top of the handles bears the massive claws of a powerful bird of prey, the bumpy texture of the shaft being reminiscent of the rough skin of the raptor's legs. The eating habits of raptors and vultures give them a natural symbolic connection to sacrifice and the world of the dead. Textile impressions from burial cover most of the blade's surface.