Carla Claw Nampeyo is a daughter of noted potter Thomas Polacca and a niece of Fannie Nampeyo. She is also a great-granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano. Her brother is Gary Polacca and she is married to Raul Claw (Navajo).  She is known for her incised pottery and the use of slips that give the appearance of wood to the surface of her pottery. This jar is a later piece of her pottery with a relief carved Ram Katsina dancer.  It is more in the style of her father, Thomas Polacca.  The katsina figure is carved in light relief.  The remainder of the jar is slipped with clay to have the appearance of wood.  The jar is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  It is signed on the bottom, “Carla Nampeyo”.