Dolores Curran has created her own distinctive “poly-tonal” incised blackware.  This is a style that she originated by modifying the classic “black” pottery with polishing and rubbing techniques to create various shades of black and grey.  This jar has high shoulders and a short neck.  The neck and base are fully polished.  The piece has an avanyu above rain clouds and lighting designs.  The lid is matte and mica with prayer feathers etched into the cop.  The various colorations of gray are from a very time-involved process as the surface areas are either polished or slipped with mica or rubbed until they are almost a gunmetal coloration.  The designs are created by either incising or etching into the surface and this is combined with painted designs.  It is signed, “Dolores Curran”.