This is a classic water jar by Debbie Clashin.  She is a cousin of noted potter Mark Tahbo and a descendant of Grace Chapella.  Debbie has quickly become well known for her large-sized traditional Hopi-Tewa pottery. The jar has a round shoulder and an elongated neck.  Debbie said she called this, “The Flight of a Hopi Potter”.  The jar is coil-built, stone polished, and painted with bee-weed (black) and red clay slips.  The black areas on the jar represent the night, while the red is the sun.  The swirls in the center are bird wings carrying pottery symbols like lightning.  The jar was traditionally fired with exceptional fire clouds across the surface.   It is signed on the bottom “Debbie Clashin” and a pipe for his “Tobacco Clan”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.