Ƙananan Masana'antun Tagulla na Nijar

"Masana'antar tagulla ta kasan Niger" ainihin kalma ce mai kamawaHerbert, 1984. Red Gold of Africa: Copper in Precolonial History and Culture. P. 92.tana nufin ko dai ga duk wani aikin " Tagulla " (a zahiri,gami da jan karfe ) wanda aka samar a cikin kasan Nijar,Herbert, 1984. P.92ko kuma,galibi,ga kowane "Bronze" "Ayyukan da aka samar a karkashin kasar Nijar wanda ba za a iya danganta shi da wasu sanannun al'adun Benin da Yarbanci (musamman Ife )Karfe. Wadannan ayyukan,wadanda ake magana a kai a cikin matani na baya-bayan nan kamar LNBs,sun bambanta da wadanda aka ambata a baya a cikin salo da samarwa,amma kuma sun bambanta a cikin gida;ba su gunshi al'ada guda daya ba:"Yayin da wannan lokaci na omnibus yana tare da mu,ba wanda zai ci gaba da dunkule tagulla na Tada-Jebba tare da wadanda aka tono a Igbo-Ukwu,ko da a matsayin sub-style.Wadannan da sauran gungiyoyin wucin gadi suna nuna hadisai daban-daban.A yau hatta neman wata cibiyar watsa shirye-shiryen tagulla ta fadada kamar yadda aka tabbatar da tarurrukan zaman kansu da yawa.” Don haka,mutum zai iya yin la'akari da "Rediyon masana'antar tagulla" a zahiri wanda ba a sanya shi zuwa ga manyan al'adun gargajiya ba - malamai daban-daban. ya kamata a ba da rarrabuwa.Duk da haka,ko da yake ba a san su ba,kasancewar su kawai yana nuna cewa aikin Bronze ya yadu a Najeriya fiye da yadda aka sani.

 Tarihi 
William Fagg ne ya kirkiro kalmar "Masana'antar tagulla ta kasa" a cikin Hotunan Najeriya na 1963,don bayyana wani al'amari da ya riga ya lura:yawancin ayyukan gami da tagulla da aka samu a Kudancin Najeriya ba su dace da tarurrukan fasaha na fitattun Benin, Ife, da Al'adun Igbo-Ukwu. Peek, 2020. The Lower Niger Bronzes. A cewar Peek, 2020,Fagg ya hada wadannan tare yayin da yake tunanin "masana'antu" guda daya ko al'adu don zama alhakin wadannan simintin gyare-gyare ",mai yiwuwa a cikin yankin Idah kuma mai yiwuwa ga Igala ;Bayan wannan sigar abubuwan da suka faru,da a karshe za su kare a cikin garin Benin,wanda daga karshe aka dauke su yayin balaguron Benin.Duk da haka,da yake akwai 'yan kadan da aka sani na wannan "al'ada ta karkashin kasa"a lokacin,kasancewarsa a matsayin wani abu mai yaduwa (ko,hakika,ko kadan)wasu sun yi shakka: "Har yanzu ban ga wata hujja ba ... sai dai idan An dauki wa'adin ne dangane da kogin Niger baki daya ba ga Najeriya kadai ba," Murray ya rubuta a cikin wata wasika ta sirri.Peek, 2020. The Lower Niger Bronzes.

Binciken da ya biyo bayan Fagg da kafin Peek ya kasance kadan,duk da haka wani babban ci gaba ya faru a cikin 1973 lokacin da Willet ya rubuta game da "gududduka da yawa wadanda ke cikin salon da suka bambanta da na Benin,wadanda ke cikin rukunin da William Fagg ya fara kafawa.don rungumi ayyukan badon da aka hada a cikin gungiyar Benin - masana'antar tagulla ta kasan Niger". Willet ya rubuta cewa wadannan bangarorin "sun rungumi nau'ikan salo iri-iri wadanda [ya fi son] ya koma ga 'Masana'antu'' maimakon 'Masana'antu' guda daya,Willet, 1973. The Benin Museum Collection. African Arts V.6 N.4. P.13.don haka ya hada madaidaicin harajin "Masana'antu na kasashen Neja". 

A cikin 2020,Phillip M. Peek (kada a ruke shi da Phillip S.Peek) ya wallafa cikakken littafi kan kananan Bronzes na Niger mai suna The Lower Niger Bronzes:Beyond Igbo-Ukwu,Ife,and Benin.A ciki,yana nazarin manillas,tasoshin,adadi,masks,skulls,scepters,da "mafi yawan LNBs",karrarawa,tare da rukunin al'adu na Ovo da Tsoede Bronzes.Peek, 2020. The Lower Niger Bronzes. Leke ya tunkari wadannan sassan yana kokarin fahimtar su yadda suke tsaye,bisa la’akari da yanayin kabilanci na Kudancin Najeriya a halin yanzu,da kuma a matsayin shaida na wani zamani da ya gabata wanda yanayin kabilanci na yankin ya sha bamban da na yau.Peek, 2020. The Lower Niger Bronzes.

 Misali Pieces 
Kananan kayan masana'antar tagulla na Nijar sun bambanta sosai;Gidan kayan tarihi na Biritaniya shi kadai yana da dumbin kafafu,kayan hannu,karrarawa,adadi,da manillas wadanda ake danganta su ga hadaddun.

 Bincike na gaba 
Daya daga cikin matsaloli da yawa da Peek ya lura a cikin littafinsa na 2020 shine wahalar gano ainihin asalin LNBs:"Wadannan abubuwa na karfe kusan da ba za a iya lalacewa ba suna da kankanta da wayar hannu ba tare da iyaka ga rarrabawar jiki ba",musamman matsala saboda "motsi ... ya kasance. mai yawa a baya duk da yawan dajin damina."Peek, 2020.Duk da haka, wannan a wasu ma'ana albarka ce a boye.Fahimtar wadannan ayyukan fasaha,waɗanda suka riga sun tsara tsarin kabilu a Nijeriya,na iya zama mahimmanci ga bincike game da bullar kabilun Nijeriya na zamani.Peek, 2020. The Lower Niger Bronzes.

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