da jarfa Eskimos, kodayake ba su shahara kamar na sauran al'adu ba, kamar Polynesia, su ma tsohuwar al'ada ce: na farko za'a iya sanya shi har zuwa shekara ta 1700 BC, kamar yadda aka nuna ta mashin katako tare da wasu alamomi kama da na jarfa.
A cikin wannan labarin zamu dan duba tarihin jarfa eskimos da kuma kyakkyawar alakarsa da mata.
Labarin da ya tsaya
Kamar yadda muka fada, zane-zanen Eskimo na iya komawa zuwa shekara 1700 kafin Kristi, kamar yadda mayafin hauren giwa da aka samo a Nunavut (arewacin Kanada) da alama yana nunawa tare da abin da yake kama da jerin alamu a fuska. Zuwa tattoo, mai zanen tattoo (a mafi yawan lokuta sun kasance tsoffin mata masu mutunci) sunyi amfani da gutsutturar ƙashi ko, kwanan nan, allura, kuma dole ne ya kasance yana da kyakkyawar masaniya game da kyawawan launuka na ɗabi'a da abubuwa don yin zane-zane.
Abin takaici, zuwan masu bautar ya tsayar da zane-zanen zane na dogon lokaci, yayin da masu mishan suka dauki zane a matsayin aikin shaidan. Abin farin ciki, wannan yanayin ya daɗe yana juyawa kuma ana sake yin zane-zanen gargajiya na wannan nau'in.
Halin Eskimo tattoos da mata
Kodayake a cikin wasu kabilu maza da mata sun kasance suna yin zane, yana da ban sha'awa sosai don lura da alaƙar waɗannan da matan Eskimo. Kamar yadda muka fada, abin da aka saba gani shi ne cewa akwai masu zane-zane, fiye da masu zane-zane. Menene ƙari, al'ada ce a yiwa 'yan mata fyaden lokacin da suke al'adarsu ta farko tare da zane a goshinsu.
Duk da haka, akwai wasu kayayyaki da yawa, galibinsu na lissafi, wanda ya dogara da abin da matar da ke son yin zane ta ji. Ya kasance gama-gari, misali, cewa zane-zane sun yi magana game da dangi, kuma an haɓaka kuma an gyara su tsawon shekaru.
Yankunan Eskimo suna da ban sha'awa sosai, dama? Faɗa mana, shin kun san irin wannan jarfa? Kuna sa irin wannan? Shin kuna ganin mun bar wani abu da zamuyi tsokaci akai? Ka tuna cewa zaka iya gaya mana abin da kake tunani ta barin mana tsokaci!
Harshen Fuentes: Lars Krutak, Tattoo Anthropologist, Abubuwan zane-zane na Inuit