Priscilla Namingha

Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo (1924 - 2008) matukin tukwane ne na Hopi-Tewa wanda aka san shi da tukwanen gargajiya. Namingha ta haƙa yumɓun da kanta kuma ta ƙirƙiri launuka nata don manyan tukwanen ta. Ayyukanta suna cikin tarin gidajen tarihi da cibiyoyin al'adu da yawa.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Priscilla Namingha a shekara ta 1924, ita ce Hopi-Tewa kuma tana zaune a Polacca, First Mesa .    Namingha ita ce babbar 'yar Rachel Namingha kuma 'yar'uwar Dextra Quotskuyva, Lillian Gonzales da Elenor Lucas, waɗanda dukkansu maginan tukwane ne.   Ita jikanyar mai tukwane ce, Nampeyo .  'Ya'yan Priscilla Namingha suma sun zama maginan tukwane.  Namingha ta ce ta koyi ƙirƙirar tukwane ta hanyar kallon mahaifiyarta tana aiki.  Tun tana yarinya, ta kuma koyi dabarun tukwane daga Nampeyo.  Namingha ta ci gaba da yin tukwane kusan har zuwa mutuwarta a shekara ta 2008. 

 Aiki 
Aikin Namingha wani ɓangare ne na al'adar gidan Nampeyo na yin tukwane. "Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo". In the Eyes of the Pot. Retrieved 2020-08-06. Tukwanen ta suna amfani da kayan ado na "layi mai kyau" kuma suna haɗa da alamu bisa ga tsuntsaye da gashin fuka-fukai.  Namingha ta yi amfani da kusan zane-zane 20 na gargajiya da Nampeyo ya ƙirƙira.  Duk da haka, ma'anonin zane-zane na gargajiya sun ɓace a lokacin da mahaifiyar Namingha ke haɗa waɗannan alamu da alamomi.  Tukwanen ta suna da girma, galibi suna da diamita kusan inci 20 ko fiye. 

Namnigha ta yi amfani da yumbu da aka haƙa daga Mesa ta Farko kuma ta sarrafa shi ta hanyar niƙa yumbu mai tauri da kuma ƙara dutse mai yashi a cikin cakuda.  An yi fenti baƙi don kayan ado daga shukar kudan zuma ta Dutsen Rocky da kuma dutse mai launin rawaya don launin ja a cikin zane-zane.  Ta yi zane da goga yucca . 

Ta harba tukwanen ta a ƙasa, da farko ta ƙona itace ta zama gawayi sannan ta shimfiɗa kusan tukwane 8 zuwa 10 a saman gawayi sannan ta ƙara najasar tumaki. [1] A tsakanin tukwane, ta sanya tarkacen tukwane da duwatsu, don iska ta shiga, sannan ta ƙara najasar tumaki a kai. [1] Sannan tukwane za su yi ƙuna a cikin ramin wuta na tsawon awanni da yawa. [1]

Namingha ta yi nunin tukwane kuma ta nuna ayyukanta a Gidan Tarihi na Maxwell na Anthropology .  Tana kuma da ayyuka a cikin tarin Morgan Collection of Southwest Pueblo Pottery,  Gidan Tarihi na Heard, Gidan Tarihi na Cibiyar Al'adu ta Hopi, da Gidan Tarihi na Arewacin Arizona . "Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo". In the Eyes of the Pot. Retrieved 2020-08-06.

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1924