Jessie Garcia is one of the great Matriarchal revivalist potters of the 1970’s. Between 1950 and 1970, she along with Lucy Lewis and Marie Z. Chino, led the revival of Acoma pottery.  There is a history of owl figures at Acoma but most are smaller and few are as detailed as the work by Jessie Garica.  This large owl is coil built, hollow and very light!  It is painted with the red clay slip and bee-weed (black) and traditionally fired. The entire surface is fully painted to create the feathers and the eyes are painted with the reflection of the moon.  The owl is signed under the wing.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is an excellent piece of her figurative pottery.