Paqua Naha

Paqua Naha (  1890–1955), wanda aka fi sani da " Mace Kwaɗo ", ta kasance mai tukwane a Hopi-Tewa . Ta yi aiki a cikin salon tukwane na "baƙi-da-ja-da-rawaya", wanda Nampeyo ta shahara da kayan farfaɗo da Sikyátki . Ta shahara a matsayin mai tukwane a shekarun 1920 kuma ta fara amfani da alamar kwaɗo don sanya hannu kan ayyukanta. A ƙarshen aikinta, ta gwada fararen zare kuma ta ƙirƙiri dabarar farar fata . Naha ita ce uba ga iyalan Naha/Navasie, kuma da yawa daga cikin zuriyarta sun zama fitattun masu tukwane a kansu, ciki har da Joy Navasie da Helen Naha . Ayyukanta suna cikin tarin Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa na Ba'amurke 'Yan Indiya, Gidan Tarihi na Arewacin Arizona, da Gidan Tarihi na Heard .

 Rayuwar farko da iyali 
An haifi Paqua Naha a kusan shekarar 1890 a cikin dangin Kacina/Cottonwood. Tana cikin mata da yawa na Hano waɗanda suka yi aikin tukwane. Sunanta, Paqua, yana nufin kwaɗo a Hopi kuma daga baya aka san ta da "Mace Kwaɗo".  

 Aikin tukwane 
Nawa tukwanen Naha sun sami nasarar abokin aikinta na tukwanen Hopi-Tewa Nampeyo, wanda kayan aikinsa na farfadowa na Sikyátki suka yi amfani da tsarin baƙi da ja akan rawaya. Naha ta zama mai daraja a cikin shekarun 1920. A mafi yawan aikinta, kayanta galibi rawaya ne ko beige, kuma a wasu lokutan tana yin redware . [1] [2] Ta yi aiki a salon "baƙi da ja akan rawaya", tana amfani da tukwanen rawaya marasa zamewa tare da ƙira baƙi da fari. An san ta da yin tukwanen da suka rikitar da ita, gami da ollas da tukwanen iri masu ƙarancin iri. [3] Naha ta fara amfani da alamar kwaɗo don sanya hannu kan ayyukanta, wataƙila a shekarar 1925. [4] A shekarar 1931, ta shiga cikin bikin baje kolin fasaha na Hopi na biyu na shekara-shekara. [5]

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