Elva Nampeyo

Elva Nampeyo
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	First Mesa (en) da Arizona, 1926
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Ƙabila	Hopi people (en)
Mutuwa	1985
Sana'a
Sana'a	ceramicist (en) da potter (en)
Wurin aiki	Walpi (en)

Tukunyar iri ta hanyar tsarin ƙaura ta Elva Nampeyo, kimanin 1976

An haifi Elva Nampeyo a shekarar 1926 a cikin dangin masarar Hopi-Tewa a saman Hopi First Mesa, Arizona . [1] Iyayenta su ne Fannie Nampeyo da Vinton Polacca. [2] Kakarta Nampeyo ta jagoranci farfaɗo da tsoffin tukwane na gargajiya kuma ta kafa al'adar yin tukwane na iyali. Tun tana ƙarama Elva tana kallon kakarta tana yin tukwane, daga baya mahaifiyarta ta koya wa Elva da 'yan uwanta sana'ar yin tukwane. [1]

Nampayo ya auri Richard Tewaguna kuma ya haifi 'ya'ya biyar, huɗu daga cikinsu, Neva, Elton, Miriam da Adelle sun bi al'adar yin tukwane na iyali. Dukansu sun sanya hannu kan aikinsu da sunayensu na farko sannan suka biyo baya "Nampeyo" da kuma ɗan kuran masara.

Nampayo ta zama ƙwararriya a fannin ado da fenti tukwane. Ta ƙware a fannin baƙi da ja a kan kwano da tukwane masu launin rawaya tare da ƙirar ƙaura ta gargajiya da kuma ƙirar gaggafa. Kayanta galibi suna kama da na mahaifiyarta da kakarta. A wasu lokutan ana iya shawo kanta ta daina daga al'ada ta gwada wasu ƙira na ƙirƙira da kanta. Elva ta ji daɗin yin tukwane kuma tana iya yin tukwane har guda takwas a rana. A lokacin shekarunta na ƙarshe, 'yarta Adelle za ta taimaka mata wajen gogewa, yin ado da kuma harba tukwanenta. Nampeyo ta sanya hannu kan tukwanenta a matsayin "Elva Nampeyo" sannan ta biyo bayan alamar dangin masara wanda mahaifiyarta Fannie ta fara.