Billy Cain was a son of noted potter Mary Cain.  He created traditional Santa Clara carved and polished pottery, but often with his own flare of shape or design.  This distinctive bowl is one of his smaller pieces from 1989.  It has two bear paws on one section. The neck has a deeply carved band which encircles the bowl.  The entire piece is polished, including the base.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Billy Cain”.