Anthony Durand

Anthony Durand (1956–2009) ƙwararren mai yin tukwane ne na Puebloan daga Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico, Amurka . An haife shi a Cortez, Colorado kuma kakanninsa suka rene shi a Picuris Pueblo. Ya yi makarantar firamare da sakandare a Peñasco, New Mexico da kuma kwaleji a Jami'ar New Mexico Highlands . Lokacin da ya dawo Picuris a shekarar 1976, ya yi niyyar hana al'adar Picuris ta macaceous ta tukwane mutuwa. Yana da malami mai kyau a kakarsa Cora Durand . A shekarar 1976, Cora da Francis Martinez su kaɗai ne ke yin tukwane na gargajiya irin na Picuris. Tare da wahayi daga kakarsa, Anthony yana yin tukwane na cikakken lokaci cikin shekara guda.

Babban kuma mafi mahimmanci tushen tattara yumbu mai kauri daga masu tukwane na Picuris yana da nisan mil huɗu da rabi a gabashin ƙauyensu. A cikin harshen Tiwa na mutanen Picuris, ana kiransa da "Mowlownan-a" ko "wurin ƙasa na tukunya." Wannan wurin ba wai kawai ya samar da mafi kyawun tushen yumbu mai kauri ba, har ma yana da mahimmancin addini da al'adu mai zurfi ga mutanen Picuris waɗanda suka shafe sama da shekaru 400 suna tattara yumbu a nan. A cikin shekarun 1960 lokacin da aka fara aikin haƙar ma'adinai a yankin, wannan muhimmin tushen yumbu an yi masa shinge da sauran ma'adinan ƙasa wanda hakan ya sa ya yi wa masu tukwane wahala su shiga wurin. A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, mutanen Picuris sun rasa duk damar shiga wurin "Mowlownan-a" wanda yanzu aka binne shi a ƙarƙashin tarin duwatsun shara daga ayyukan haƙar ma'adinai.

Anthony ya fara gwada yumbu daga wasu tushe, da kuma dabarun gogewa da gogewa daban-daban. Ya yi amfani da dutsen sandstone mai launin toka a matsayin yanayi, wanda ke ba wa tukwanen nasa kamanni na musamman. Yankin Picuris yana ɗauke da kayan micaceous wanda ke samar da haske mai yawa idan aka yi amfani da shi azaman zamewa. Tunda tukwanen Picuris an yi su ne bisa ga al'ada don girki, ba shi da kayan ado da aka fenti amma a maimakon haka ya haɗa da cikakkun bayanai masu sassaka. Simintin tukwanen kore-zinariya na musamman ne ga Picuris pueblo.

 Manazarta 

 Anderson, Duane. Duk Abin Da Yake Kwaikwaya: Fitowar Fasaha da Tukwane na 'Yan Asalin Amurka a Arewacin New Mexico. Santa Fe: Makarantar Bincike ta Amurka, 1999.  .
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2009
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1956