跑步者瓶 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	跑步者瓶
品名（英）	Runners Bottle
入馆年号	1967年，67.167.3
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 300 - 公元 700
创作地区	秘鲁（Peru）
分类	陶瓷容器（Ceramics-Containers）
尺寸	高 12 1/2 x 直径 6 1/8 英寸 (31.8 x 15.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	大量的Moche马镫嘴瓶代表了在沙漠环境中排队奔跑的人或拟人化的生物。这些仪式跑步者被解释为从一个地点或一个山谷到另一个山谷的信使。大多数跑步者穿着缠腰布或带装饰腰带的短裙，以及由头巾组成的独特头饰，头巾在前面有一个大圆盘或梯形元素，后面有长丝带。他们还手里拿着袋子。虽然大约一半的仪式跑步者是人类，但其他人则采用拟人化的鸟类、蛇、蝙蝠、蜥蜴、蜈蚣或蝎子的形状。跑步者经常被沙漠植物或似乎漂浮在背景中的豆子包围。一个仪式运行场景涉及一长串拟人化的豆子，当它们到达容器顶部时，它们变得越来越人性化。有人建议，跑步者携带的信息被编码在他们所持有的袋子中包含的豆子中。在Moche遗址，考古学家发现了戴头饰的男人的坟墓，头饰由铜盘组成，带有类似于仪式跑步者所戴的浮雕圆圈。也许这些人在他们的一生中与仪式跑步活动有关，尽管在墓葬中没有发现袋子或豆子。
介绍（英）	A large number of Moche stirrup spout bottles represent men or anthropomorphized creatures running in line in a desert environment. These ritual runners have been interpreted as messengers traveling from one site or one valley to another. Most runners wear loincloths or short skirts with a decorated belt, as well as distinctive headdresses composed of a turban with a large disk or trapezoidal element on the front and long ribbons down the back. They also carry bags in their hands. While about half of ritual runners are human, others take the shape of anthropomorphized birds, snakes, bats, lizards, centipedes, or scorpions. Runners are often surrounded by desert plants, or beans that seem to float in the background. One ritual running scene involves a long line of anthropomorphized beans that become increasingly human as they reach the top of the vessel. It has been suggested that the message carried by the runner is encoded in beans contained in the bags they are holding. At the site of Moche, archaeologists discovered tombs of men wearing headdresses composed of a copper disk with embossed circles similar to those worn by ritual runners. Perhaps these men were affiliated with ritual running activities during their lifetime, although no bags or beans were found in the burials.