Tina Garcia was well known for her focus on traditional shape and plainware Santa Clara pottery.  This may well be one of the earliest pieces of her work I have come across.  She would have been 18! The jar is an exceptional shape with a round shoulder and a turned out rim.  It feels just a big thicker (heavier) than her later work, but certainly not unexpected.  The surface is highly polished.  There are insets on the shoulder of turquoise and coral.  Again, something I had never seen on later work.  The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Tina Garcia”.  It received a second place ribbon from the 1975 New Mexico State Fair.  It also has the original entry tag with her name on it. The jar is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  Definitely a great piece of history!