This is a tightly painted 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. This jar is painted with bee-weed (black) and natural clay slips.  It has been traditionally fired outside to create the strong blushes.  The design is one of birds and bird wings. The birds extend down below the shoulder. The wings become the tails and then a cloud motif.  The thin lines and simple use of additional color works well with the variances in tonality from the firing.   It is signed on the bottom with her name and a pipe for his “Tobacco Clan”.