Barbara & Joseph Cerno are known for their large coil-built vessels.  The jar is coil built and it is a classic water jar shape with a high, sloping shoulder, a sharp shoulder edge, and a sloping neck.  The design is a striking variation on historic Acoma pottery with birds and plants painted around the neck.  Around the body of the jar are larger parrots, with flowers and rainbows. All the various colors are from natural clay slips and the black is bee-weed. The jar is one of their more complex patterns that flows across the surface of the piece.  Note the detail of the fine-line hatchwork on the flower leaves! The bottom is slipped red and has an indented bottom, which again harkens back to the Acoma pottery of the late 1800s. The jar is signed on the bottom “Barbara & Joseph Cerno”.  It is from 2015 and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  The jar has a Blue Ribbon from the 2015 Gallup Ceremonials.   It is certainly a wonderful contemporary Acoma vessel with a dramatic use of revivalist designs and techniques.