Barbara Gonzales is a great-great granddaughter of Maria Martinez.  She is known for her innovative pottery which combines etched designs along with inset stones.  This is one of her “Swish Pots”.  She said that while they are basically a seedpot pot, she has put a small bead inside them.  She says you can “swish” the bead around and make a wish”.  The top of the seedpot is fully polished and etched  with an intricate spiderweb.  The center of the web has a star and an inset piece of turquoise.  The web itself spirals out and has 8 inset pieces of pink coral.  On the side, the bowl is slipped with mica and there is a single female spider with an inset piece of deep red coral.  Barbara says she uses spiders as they are good luck symbols and the coral is a femals spider. The bottom of the piece is signed in the clay, “Than-Moo-Whe”, which is her name in Tewa.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.