Museum Mystery: Kodi Michael Rockefeller Anatani?

Chotsatira Chachidule cha Zithunzi Zomwe Anasonkhanitsa Asanasokonezeke Kwamuyaya

Mzinda wa Metropolitan Museum of Art ndi Michael C. Rockefeller Mapiko ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri pa imodzi mwa malo osungirako zinthu zakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Nthawi yomweyo pafupi ndi malo a Chigiriki ndi a Roma, mumachokera ku holo ya zojambulajambula, zojambula, ndi zojambulajambula zomwe onse amawoneka kuti amadziwa bwino zomwe zimamveka ngati malo ena.

Mitundu yayikulu, yodabwitsa kwambiri imayang'anizana ndi mawindo a galasi omwe akuyang'anizana ndi Central Park . Denga lojambula pamapiko aatali kwambiri, omwe amaoneka ngati ng'anjo. N'zosavuta kumva ngati mutengedwera kudziko lachikhalidwe.

Msonkhanowo unabwera ku The Met mu 1973 monga ndalama kuchokera ku banja la Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller analandira ndalama zothandizana ndi Met Cloisters mu 1938 ndipo zojambula za Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller za zojambulajambula za ku Asia zimakhalanso ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Koma mndandanda umenewu unatchulidwa kuti Michael C. Rockefeller, mwana wa Gavumu ndi Purezidenti Wachiwiri Nelson Rockefeller, yemwe anafa mu 1961 pamene adasonkhanitsa zojambulajambula ku Dutch New Guinea.

Michael anali ataphunzira zachuma ku Harvard koma kenako anaganiza zophunzira ndi Peabody Museum of Archaeology ndi Ethnology. Mu 1961 adayendetsa ku Dutch New Guinea komwe adakonza zoti azisamalira luso la banja lake.

Zaka zinayi m'mbuyo mwake bambo ake adakhazikitsa "Museum of Primitive Art" m'nyumba ya Rockefeller pa 54th Street. Ichi chinali chofunika kwambiri cha zojambula zosakhala zakumadzulo zomwe zinali zofala ku Ulaya koma zinali zachilendo ku United States. Michael, ali ndi zaka 19 zokha, anali atatchulidwa kuti anali membala. Chigamulo chake chokhala ku New Guinea pambuyo paulendoyo chinali chakuti apitirize kusonkhanitsa zojambulajambula ndikuphunzira zambiri zokhudza chikhalidwe cha Asmat.

Michael anasonkhanitsa mazana a zinthu kuphatikizapo mbale, zikopa, ndi nthungo. Chinthu chake chofunika kwambiri chinali kupeza mitengo ya bisanu ina yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito pamapembedzero a maliro ndipo kawirikawiri imasiyidwa kuti iwonongeke, ikusiya katundu wawo wauzimu padziko lapansi. Anthu a Asmat anali atayamba kale kusuta fodya pa ntchito ya Dutch ndipo anagwiritsa ntchito izi kuti azichita malonda ndi kubisala pamene ankapita ku midzi khumi ndi itatu m'masabata atatu.

Chochitika chotsatira chakhala chokhudzidwa kwambiri. Zimadziwika kuti Michael anali m'ngalawa yomwe inanyamula madzi ndipo iye anasiya kuti asambe kusambira. Anamanga zingwe ziwiri zopanda mafuta ku chiuno chake kuti amuthandize, koma ayenera kusambira mtunda wa makilomita khumi kuti akafike kumalo. Ngakhale kuti izi zikuwoneka zovuta kwambiri, anali ndi zaka 23 ndipo amadziwika kuti anali wosambira kwambiri. Koma iye sanawonekenso kachiwiri.

Anthu ogwira ntchito ku Dutch opulumutsa chilumbachi. Chifukwa cha mphamvu ya banja la Rockefeller komanso chuma chochuluka, ntchito yaikulu yowonongeka inachitika. Pambuyo pake anaganiza kuti anali atamira kapena adadyedwa ndi sharks.

Miphekesera inayamba kufalikira kuti Michael adadyedwa ndi anthu ochimwa. Pa nthawi imeneyo, mwambo wamakono udakali mbali yofunikira ya chikhalidwe cha Asmat ngati njira yobwezera imfa. Komabe, palibe mafupa a Rockefeller amene anawomboledwa kapena analibe zitini za mafuta omwe anali atamangirila m'chiuno mwake kapena saina yake magalasi aakulu.

Mu 1969 Nelson Rockefeller anapereka zopereka kuchokera ku Museum of Primitive Art ku The Met. Imeneyi inali yoyamba yosonkhanitsa zojambulajambula zomwe sizinali zakumadzulo kuti zisonyezedwe mu zojambula zopanga maumboni ku United States ndipo zinkakhala zitsanzo za luso lakumadzulo kuti liwonetsedwe pansi pa denga lomwelo monga zojambula zamakono, zam'zaka zapakati pazakale ndi zakuthambo. Mphatsoyo inapanga maziko a Dipatimenti ya Arts of Africa, Oceania, ndi America. Mapiko apadera a Michael C. Rockefeller anamangidwa kumbali yakumwera kwa nyumbayi kuti asonyeze zojambula zake zochokera ku New Guinea ndikukhala ngati chipangano cha chilakolako chake chakumapeto kwake.

Lerolino, banja la Rockefeller limazindikira kuti imfa ya Michael ndikumera ngakhale kuti umboni watsopano watulukira ndipo inafalitsidwa mu bukhu la 2014 "Savage Harvest" lolembedwa ndi Carl Hoffman. Wolembayo akufotokoza momwe mu 1961 a Dutch adakhazikitsa ulamuliro wolimba kwambiri pachilumbacho ndipo apolisi adapha Asmats asanu omwe anali osankhika. Chifukwa chakuti imfa zonse zimafunika kubwezeredwa ku chikhalidwe cha Asmat, n'zotheka kuti pamene Michael anadumphira kunyanja, adaganiziridwa ndi iwo omwe adamupeza kuti ali mbali ya "mtundu woyera" wa amuna omwe adapha Asmats asanu. Ngati ndi choncho, iwo akanamupha, adanyeketsa thupi lake kuti adye ndikugwiritsira ntchito mafupa ake ngati mafano achipembedzo kapena zinthu zopembedza.

Imfa ya Michael Rockefeller yakhala nkhani yambiri komanso imaseŵera. Ndizosatheka kwambiri kuti patatha zaka makumi asanu otsala angapereke umboni wokwanira wa momwe adafera. Koma anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi cholowa chake akhoza kusangalala ndi mapiko omwe amamuyitana pa The Met, ndi zinthu zodabwitsa kuchokera ku ulendo wokondweretsa, zomwe zimabweretsa zina mwa zodabwitsa zimene ayenera kuti anamva panthawi yake.