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女像柱权座

ca. 1840–1870
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 344
卢巴酋长最重要的财产中包括有精心雕刻的权座，权座下有女像柱做支撑。女像柱在确定酋长统治权的授职仪式上是必不可少的物品。卢巴人通过女性血缘追溯继承和遗产，因此，王座上的女像柱代表着为酋长提供象征性支持的女性先祖。这件仪式权座被认为是“布立大师”的作品，他是欧洲殖民者到来之前活跃在这一地区的最著名的非洲艺术家之一。人物拉长的五官、突出的颧骨和情绪张力都彰显了这件木雕作品十分具有表现力的风格。

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 标题: 女像柱权座
  • 艺术家: 布立大师，可能是贡果·雅·青徒
  • 创作日期: 十九世纪
  • 地域: 汉巴，刚果民主共和国
  • 材料: 木头，金属饰钉
  • 尺寸: 高24英寸（61厘米）
  • 来源信息: 购买，巴克艾信托和查尔斯·B·本纳森捐赠，罗杰斯基金和多位捐赠者的资助款，1979年
  • 藏品编号: 1979.29
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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