Angela Baca was famous for her carved melon bowls.  This bowl is very deeply carved and each rib is stone polished.  This is one of the few red pieces where it is also fully polished BETWEEN each rib, creating a fully polished surface across the entire bowl.  That means she had to polish the entire piece at one time!  The result is a very high shine. The bowl has 24 straight ribs, extending from the rim to the base.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Angela Baca” and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.