小鸟吊坠 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	小鸟吊坠
品名（英）	Bird Pendant
入馆年号	1993年，1993.302
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	公元前 100 - 公元 100
创作地区	哥斯达黎加（Costa Rica）
分类	石头装饰品（Stone-Ornaments）
尺寸	高 1 5/8 x 宽 7/8 x 深 1 5/8 英寸 (4.1 x 2.2 x 4.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	中美洲地区（现在的哥斯达黎加）制造的玉佩和其他饰品是该地区最具个性的艺术形式之一。考古证据表明，早在公元前500年，人们就制作并珍藏了鸟形玉佩，数百年来一直是人们的最爱。在这漫长的时期里，鸟类的形象无处不在，人们更喜欢用绿色的石头制作装饰品。翡翠主要用于哥斯达黎加，有许多绿色色调，从这里看到的淡蓝绿色到强烈的、几乎是黑色的绿色。这只长着笔直长喙的胖鸟非常吸引人，几乎是侧面造型。它可以从两侧观看，并通过脖子上的一个洞悬挂，它的喙上可能还悬挂了一个额外的装饰物。据报道，这枚吊坠来自哥斯达黎加西北部的瓜纳卡斯特省。
介绍（英）	The jade pendants and other ornaments made in the Central American region that is now the country of Costa Rica are among the area's most individual art forms. Archaeological evidence suggests that jade bird-form pendants were made and treasured as early as 500 B.C. and remained favorites for hundreds of years. Bird imagery is pervasive throughout this long period, as was the preference for fashioning ornaments out of green-colored stones. Jadeite, which was principally used in Costa Rica, came in many green tonalities, from pale blue-green—as seen here—to intense, almost black greens. This engaging fat bird with a long straight beak is worked almost in profile. Made to be viewed from both sides and suspended through a hole in its neck, it may also have had an additional ornament suspended from its own beak. The pendant is reported to be from Guanacaste Province in northwestern Costa Rica.