Museum Mystery: Chii Chakaitika kuna Michael Rockefeller?

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art yaMichael C. Rockefeller Wing ndeimwe yezvinhu zvinonakidza mune imwe yemamamumusumusi anoshamisa kupfuura mamwe ose enyika. Nenguva pfupi pedyo nemagariro eGreece neRoma, iwe unobva pane imwe imba yeunyanzvi yemifananidzo yakavezwa marble, mabheji, uye mavara ekuti zvose zvinoratidzika sezvizivikanwe zvakajeka kune zvinonzwa seimwe nzvimbo.

Zvikuru, maitiro akaoma anotarisana nepamusoro-pasi-ku-dari girazi mawindo anotarisana neCentral Park . Denga rakavezwa rinoputika kumusoro, refu yakavezwa yakavezwa migwava. Zviri nyore kunzwa sekunge wakatakurwa kuenda kune imwe yenyika.

Iko kuunganidza kwakauya kuThe Met muna 1973 sechipo kubva kumhuri yeRockefeller. John D. Rockefeller akabhadhara mari Met Cloisters muna 1938 uye kuunganidza kwaAbhigail Aldrich Rockefeller weAsia inyanzvi kunewo musamuziyamu. Asi izvi zvakatumidzwa zita raMichel C. Rockefeller, mwanakomana weGavhuna uye Vachi-Mutungamiri wenyika Nelson Rockefeller, uyo akanyangarika muna 1961 paanenge achiunganidza unyanzvi muDutch New Guinea.

Michael ainge adzidza nezvehupfumi kuHarvard asi gare gare akasarudza kudzidza ne Peabody Museum of Archaeology uye Ethnology. Muna 1961 akabatana nechikwata kuenda kuDutch New Guinea uko aida kuunganidza unyanzvi panzvimbo yemhuri yake.

Makore mana pamberi pekunge baba vake vakanga vagadzira "Museum of Primitive Art" mumusha weRockefeller pa 54th Street. Ichi chaive chiitiko chakakosha chemaitiro asina kumadokero ayo aive akazivikanwa muEurope asi akanga achiri kushamisa muUnited States. Michael, paingova nemakore 19 chete, akanga atumidzwa kuti nhengo yebhodhi. Chisarudzo chake chekugara muNew Guinea mushure mekufambisa kwaiva kuitira kuti arambe achiunganidza kukosha paaidzidza zvakawanda pamusoro peAmatmat tsika.

Mikael akaunganidza mazana ezvipo kusanganisira mabheti, nhovo, nemapfumo. Chinhu chake chakanyanya kuwanikwa chaiva mabhazi mana aishandiswa pamariro emariro uye kazhinji akasiyiwa kuti aparadze, achisiya kusimba kwavo kwemweya panyika. Vanhu veAmatmat vakanga vashandiswa nefodya panguva yekushanda kweDutch uye akashandisa izvi kutengeserana nekugadzirisa sezvaaifamba kune misha gumi nematatu mumavhiki matatu.

Zvakaitika zvinotevera zvakange zviri nyaya yekufungidzira kukuru. Zvinonyatsozivikanwa kuti Michael akanga ari muchikepe chakatora mvura uye kuti akarega kuti ashambire kumahombekombe. Akasunga zvipfeko zviviri zvisingabatsiri zvechipiri pachiuno chake kuti amubatsire kumuchengetedza, asi aifanira kunge akashambira makiromita gumi achipikisana nezvino kuti awane nyika. Kunyange zvazvo izvi zvichiita zvakaoma zvikuru, aiva nemakore makumi maviri nemaviri uye anozivikanwa nokuda kwekunge akashambira zvakasimba. Asi haana kumboonekwa zvakare.

Vashandi vechiDutch vakaponesa chitsuwa ichi. Zvichipiwa simba reRockefeller yemhuri uye zvigadzirwa zvakakwana, chinhu chakakura chokugadzirisa chakaitwa. Yakazopedzisira yafungidzirwa kuti yakanga yanyura kana kuti yakadyiwa newashki.

Runyerekupe rwakatanga kupararira kuti Michael akanga adyiwa nevanhu venyama. Panguva iyoyo, tsika yemitambo yakanga ichiri chikamu chinokosha cheAasmat tsika senzira yekuzvitsivira rufu. Zvisinei, hapana mapfupa eRockefeller akamborapwa zvakare uye akanga asina mapeji emagetsi akanga akasungirirwa pachiuno chake kana kuti kuisa mazita magirazi.

Muna 1969 Nelson Rockefeller akapa mari yacho kubva kuMusimusi wePammitive Art kuThe Met. Yaiva yekutanga kuunganidza kwekusati kwasvika kumadokero kunoratidzwa mune imwe nyanzvi yekuunganidza mabhuku muUnited States uye inogadzira muenzaniso weusati uri wekumadokero unofanirwa kuratidzirwa pasi pedenga rimwechete seye classical, medieval uye Renaissance masterpiece s. Mipiro iyi yakagadzira nheyo yeDhipatimendi reArt of Africa, Oceania, uye America. Piro rinokosha rainzi Michael C. Rockefeller rakagadzirirwa kurutivi rwezasi rwechivako kuratidzira kukohwa kwake kweunyanzvi kubva kuNew Guinea uye kushanda sechirevo chekuda kwaakaita kusvikira pakuguma kwehupenyu hwake hupfupi.

Nhasi, mhuri yeRockefeller inobvuma zvakajeka rufu rwaMichael sekunyura kunze kwekuti huchapupu hutsva hwakasvika uye hwakabudiswa mubhuku ra2014 "Savage Harvest" naCarl Hoffman. Munyori anotsanangura kuti muna 1961 vaDutch vainge vasimbisa kutonga kwakasimba pamusoro pechitsuwa uye mapurisa akauraya vashanu vaAmmats. Nokuti kufa kwose kunoda kubhadharwa muAmatmat tsika, zvinokwanisika kuti apo Michael akakwira kumhenderekedzo, aifungidzirwa nevaya vakamuwana ari chikamu che "rudzi rutsvene" rwevarume vakanga vauraya Asmats mashanu. Kana zvakadaro, vangadai vakamuuraya, vakazora muviri wake kuti vashandise uye vakashandisa mapfupa ake sezvifananidzo zvechitendero kana zvinhu zvekunamata.

Rufu rwaMichael Rockefeller rwakanga rwuri nyaya ye nyaya dzakawanda uye kunyange kutamba. Hazvibviri kunzwisisika kuti shure kwema makumi mashanu makore ose angasimuka kuti ape uchapupu hwakakwana hwokuti wakafa sei. Asi vanhu vanofarira munhaka yake vanogona kunakidzwa nemapiro ayo aakatumidzwa paThe Met, nezvinhu zvinoshamisa kubva parwendo irworwo rwakaipa, mumamiriro ezvinhu anoratidza zvimwe zvezvishamiso zvaangadai akanzwa munguva yekufambisa kwake.