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品名（中）	项链饰品，青蛙
品名（英）	Necklace Ornaments, Frogs
入馆年号	1998年，1998.39.1-.20
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	墨西哥（Mexico）
分类	金属装饰品（Metal-Ornaments）
尺寸	(Dep. on mount) 高 7/8 × 宽 6 × 深 5 1/2 英寸 (2.2 × 15.2 × 14 厘米)
介绍（中）	阿兹特克贵族佩戴的许多类型的黄金饰品中包括由许多小珠子制成的项链，这些珠子通常是动物的形式，包括贝壳、海龟和青蛙。这些生物都与水和雨水以及它所保证的食物有关。青蛙和乌龟的生育含义得到了进一步的支持，因为这些动物会产下数千个蛋，并采取与分娩中的女性相似的蹲姿这些饰品是通过失蜡工艺单独铸造的，每个饰品都有自己单独的粘土模具，在铸造后将其打碎以释放物体，这解释了尺寸和细节上的细微差异。据说这些饰品是在墨西哥南部的恰帕斯州发现的墨西哥古代的金器通常属于墨西哥南部阿兹特克人的同时代人Mixtec人。尤其是在瓦哈卡州的重要墓葬中，出土了最令人印象深刻、技术成就最高的黄金作品。米克斯特克人被誉为这片土地上最优秀的工匠，他们完善了蜡模铸造艺术。毫无疑问，他们的天赋受到了阿兹特克精英的追捧。由于阿兹特克人向西班牙征服者提供的、目击者描述的精美金饰几乎没有一件幸存下来，因此Mixtec和阿兹特克金饰之间的区别是有问题的。
介绍（英）	Necklaces made of numerous small beads often in the form of animals, including shells, turtles, and frogs, are among the many types of gold ornaments worn by Aztec nobility. These creatures are all associated with water and rain and the sustenance it assures. Fertility connotations of frogs and turtles are further supported by the fact that these animals lay thousands of eggs and assume a squatting position similar to that of women in childbirth. The ornaments were cast individually by the lost-wax process, each with its own separate clay mold which was broken after casting to release the object, explaining the slight differences in size and detail. These ornaments are said to have been found in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. Ancient Mexican gold objects are usually attributed to the Mixtec people, contemporaries of the Aztecs in southern Mexico. Important burials in the state of Oaxaca particularly have yielded the most impressive and technologically accomplished works in gold. The Mixtecs were renowned as the finest craftsmen in the land and perfected the art of casting from wax models. Undoubtedly their talent was much sought after by the Aztec elite. Since virtually none of the exquisite gold ornaments offered to the Spanish conquerors by the Aztecs and described by eyewitnesses survive, the distinction between Mixtec and Aztec gold objects is problematic.