This is one of the famous “3 spouts” wedding vases by Silas Claw and Bertha Claw.  Bertha would make the pottery and the applique designs were applied and painted by Silas.  They began working together in 1968. This wedding vase has three spouts which are each connected by a “handle”.  It is a complex piece with eight Yei-bi-Chi dancers in relief on the body of the jar.  Their work is certainly “folk art” but there is wonderful detail created in Silas’s designs.  The colors were often oil paint applied after the firing to give the pieces a more “realistic” appearance. The piece would then be coated with varnish or a more traditional pinon pitch.  This vase is signed, S. B. Claw” on the bottom.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.