Tina Garcia was well known for her focus on traditional shape and plainware Santa Clara pottery. This is a “gourd” bowl, which derives its name from the impressed sections on the shoulder of the bowl.  Sections of gourds were traditionally used to smooth out the inside of a bowl when it is being made so that there would not be any air pockets.  The shape of the piece of the gourd is similar to the shape of the indentions!  This bowl has nine gourd-shaped indentions on the shoulder.  This bowl is fully polished to a high shine and fired a deep red coloration.   Tina was always focused on form and polish and this created some exceptional vessels.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Tina Garcia”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.