Mystery Museum: Kwenzekani kuMichael Rockefeller?

Umhlahlandlela Omfushane Wobuciko Aqoqwe Ngaphambi Kokuphulukana Phakade

I-Metropolitan Museum of Art sikaMichael C. Rockefeller Wing ingenye yezinto ezihlaba umxhwele kunayo enye yezimyuziyamu ezingavamile kakhulu zomhlaba. Ngokushesha eduze kwezemibukiso yamaGreece namaRoma, uya kusuka ehholo lobuciko bezithombe ezimhlophe zemabula, ama-vases, nama-mosaic bonke ababonakala bebazi kahle ukuthi yini efana nenye indawo.

Amafomu amahle, amahle ahamba ngokumelene namafasitela okugcoba phansi kuya phezulu. I-plailing eqoshiwe ihamba phambili ngaphezu kwezinyanga ezine, izikebhe eziqoshiwe zengwenya. Kulula ukuzizwa sengathi uhanjiswe ezweni lezinganekwane.

Iqoqo lafika kuThe Met ngo-1973 njengomnikelo ovela emndenini wakwaRockefeller. UJohn D. Rockefeller waxhaswa ngemali i- Met Cloisters ngo-1938 kanye neqoqo lika-Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller lobuciko base-Asia libuye liseMyuziyamu. Kodwa leli qoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi uMichael C. Rockefeller, indodana kaGavumeni kanye noPhini likaMongameli uNelson Rockefeller, owashona ngo-1961 ngenkathi eqoqa ubuciko eDutch New Guinea.

UMichael wayefunde ucwaningo eHarvard kodwa kamuva wanquma ukutadisha ne-Peabody Museum of Archaeology ne-Ethnology. Ngo-1961 wajoyina i-Dutch New Guinea lapho ehlose ukuqoqa ubuciko egameni lomndeni wakhe.

Eminyakeni emine ngaphambili ngaphambili ubaba wakhe wasungula i- "Museum of Primitive Art" ekhaya laseRockefeller nge-54th Street. Lokhu kwakuyiqoqo elibalulekile lobuciko obungasentshonalanga obuye lwadumile eYurophu kodwa kwakungavamile e-United States. UMichael, eneminyaka engu-19 kuphela ubudala, wayebizwa ngokuthi ilungu lebhodi. Isiqunto sakhe sokuhlala eNew Guinea ngemuva kwalokhu kuhambela ukuze aqhubeke nokuqoqa ubuciko ngenkathi efunda kabanzi nge-Asmat isiko.

UMichael waqoqa amakhulu wezinto kuhlanganise izitsha, izihlangu, nemikhonto. Ukuzuza kwakhe okuphawulekayo kwakuyizingongolo ezine ezisetshenziselwa imikhosi yomngcwabo futhi ngokuvamile ziyeke ukubola, zishiye icala labo elingokomoya emhlabeni. Abantu base-Asmat bebebenomlutha wokubhema ngesikhathi sokuqotshwa kweDutch futhi wasebenzisa lokhu ukuhweba nokuguqula njengoba eya emadolobheni angaphezu kweshumi nesithathu emavikini amathathu.

Okwenzekile ngokulandelayo bekulokhu kucatshangelwa okukhulu. Kuyaziwa ukuthi uMichael wayesemkhunjini owathatha amanzi futhi washiya ukuze agibele ogwini. Ubophe amathini amabili angenalutho e-petroli esikhwameni sakhe ukuze amsize aqhubeke ehamba, kepha kwakudingeka agijime amamitha ayishumi ngokumelene namanje ukuze afinyelele umhlaba. Yize lokhu kubonakala kunzima kakhulu, wayeneminyaka engu-23 ubudala futhi waziwa ngokuba ngumuntu ogijimayo onamandla kakhulu. Kodwa akazange abonwe futhi.

Ama-rescue crew aseDutch ahlola lesi siqhingi. Njengoba kunikezwe ithonya lomndeni kaRockefeller nezinsiza eziningi, kuvele umzamo omkhulu wokutakula. Ekugcineni kwacatshangwa ukuthi ubomile noma wadliwa oshaka.

Amahemuhemu aqala ukusakaza ukuthi uMichael wayedliwe yizidumbu. Ngaleso sikhathi, ukukhishwa kwamasiko kwakuyingxenye ebalulekile yenkambiso yase-Asmat njengendlela yokuphindiselela ukufa. Kodwa-ke, akukho mathambo kaRockefeller aphinde atholakala futhi kwakungekho amathini kagesi ayebophe okhalweni lwakhe noma izigqoko zakhe zokugqoka.

Ngo-1969 u-Nelson Rockefeller wanikela ngokuqoqwa kweMicrosoft of Art Primitive kuya kuThe Met. Kwakuyiqoqo lokuqala lokuqala lobuciko obungenasentshonalanga okufanele luboniswe kwiqoqo le-encyclopedic e-United States futhi libeke isibonelo sokuba ubuciko obungasentshonalanga obuzokhonjiswa ngaphansi kophahla olufanayo njengobuciko bokuqala, obuphakathi nesikhathi sokuqala. Umnikelo waba yingxenye yoMnyango Wezobuciko E-Afrika, Oceania, naseMelika. Iphiko elikhethekile elibizwa ngokuthi uMichael C. Rockefeller lakhiwa ngakwesokunene kwesakhiwo ukuze sibonise iqoqo lakhe lobuciko elivela eNew Guinea futhi likhonza njengesivumelwane nesifiso esasilandela ekupheleni komphefumulo wakhe omfushane.

Namuhla, umndeni wakwaRockefeller uyaqaphela ngokusemthethweni ukufa kukaMichael njengokungena komfula nakuba ubufakazi obusha buye kwabonakala futhi kwanyatheliswa encwadini ka-2014 ethi "Savage Harvest" nguCarl Hoffman. Umlobi uchaza ukuthi ngo-1961 amaDashi ayemise kanjani ukubusa okuqinile phezu kwesiqhingi futhi amaphoyisa ayebulale ama-Asmats amahlanu. Ngenxa yokuthi bonke abafayo kudingeka baziphindiselele emasimini ase-Asmat, kungenzeka ukuthi lapho uMichael egibela ogwini, wacatshangwa yibo abamthola ukuthi bangengxenye "yesizwe esimhlophe" samadoda ayebulale ama-Asmats amahlanu. Uma kunjalo, bebengambulala, baqede umzimba wakhe ukuze basebenzise futhi basebenzise amathambo akhe njengezithombe zenkolo noma izinto zokukhulekela.

Ukufa kukaMichael Rockefeller kuye kwaba yizindaba eziningi futhi zidlala ngisho. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi emva kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu noma yikuphi ukuhlala okungase kuvele ukunikeza ubufakazi bokuthi wafa kanjani. Kodwa abantu abanesithakazelo efeni lakhe bangajabulela iphiko elibizwe ngaye eThe Met, ngezinto ezingavamile kusukela kuhambo oluyingozi, esimweni esivumelana nezinye izimangaliso okumelwe ukuba wazizwa ngesikhathi sokuhambela kwakhe.

• 01 ka 05

  Ama-Polis Bis

  Amane ama- Bis Poles aboniswe wona aqoqwe nguMichael Rockefeller. Ama-Bis Poles akwenziwa kuphela esifundeni sase-Asmat senyakatho-ntshonalanga yeNew Guinea futhi adalwe ukuba abe amaphuzu agxile edilini elikhulu lomuntu oshonile. Inani ngalinye limelela umuntu othize futhi liyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ukufa kwabo kufanele kuphindiselwe njengoba bonke ukufa kubangelwa impi noma imilingo.

  Umkhosi wendabuko we- bis uzobanjelwa uma abantu abaningana bebefile, okuzobe sekulandelwa ukuhlasela. Namuhla abantu base-Asmat abasasenzi impi ngakho-ke imikhosi iwukuphela kwemikhosi. Ngemuva komkhosi we- bis , izingongolo zihanjiswa emasimini ama-palm tree, umthombo obalulekile wokudla futhi ushiywe ukubola, amandla awo angaphezu kwamandla asebenza njengomanyolo.

  I-pole ngayinye iqoshwe esihlahleni esisodwa sezinkuni. Iqukethe isithombe esingabonakali somuntu oshonile, abanye okhokho kanye ne-phallus ekhonza uphawu lokuzala. Ingxenye engezansi ivame ukukhombisa isikebhe ekuthumeni imimoya kuze kube sekufeni. Isisekelo siboniswe ukuze singeniswe emhlabathini.

• 02 ka 05

  Ingoma yomkhosi

  Izigubhu e-Asmat isiko zihlotshaniswa nemvelaphi yokuphila komuntu. Idlalwa kuwo wonke amasiko futhi ngokuvamile idlala ngabantu kuphela. Izinganekwane zichaza ukuthi umuntu wazalwa ngemidwebo yamapulangwe eqoshwe umuntu okuthiwa yi-Fumeripits ukuze akhululeke isizungu. Njengoba edlwengula yedwa lo mfanekiso waphila futhi waba ngabantu bokuqala baka-Asmat.

  Nakuba izigubhu ziyizinto ezivamile emasimini ase-Asmat, zivame ukuthunyelwa kubahlakaniphi bekhono abadweba amafomu okungokomfanekiso ezinkingeni.

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  Mask Umzimba

  La masks omzimba asetshenziselwa imikhosi yabasanda kufa. Njengoba begqoke izigqoko ezigcwele zomzimba, abafileyo nabaphilayo babehlanganyela futhi bahambahamba kulo lonke idolobhaneni, badla ndawonye bese besuka komunye nomunye bese bengena endaweni ephephile.

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  I-Spirit Canoe

  Lezi zikebhe zibuye zibe nemikhosi futhi zisetshenziswe ekuqalisweni kwabafana zibe ngabantu. Abafana bahlelekile endlini enomkhuba futhi bacela ukuba bavele omunye nomunye ngokuhamba ngezinyawo emkhunjini obeka ngaphandle komnyango wendlu. Babhekwa njengamadoda ngemva kokuba bewela futhi baqedwe nge-design patters eziphilisa ezingxenyeni ezingokomfanekiso. Umkhumbi womoya ulahlwa ekupheleni komkhosi.

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  Ukufakwe Kwoma

  Yize kungakuqoqiwe nguMichael Rockefeller, i-Kwoma Ceiling yiyona ndawo ebaluleke kakhulu e-Wing eyabe ifakwe kabusha ngo-2007 futhi ngokuvamile yinto yokuqala ebamba izithameli zokuqala. Ngamamitha angu-80 ubude futhi ububanzi obungamamitha angu-30, ukufakwa kwendlovu kwenziwa ngezingubo ezingu-270 ezithunyelwa abadwebi baseKomoma ngawo-1970. Nakuba ziyizicucu zesikhathi esifanayo, zimelela amasiko ezindala zamasiko abantu baseKomoma baseNew Guinea.