Joy Navasie was known for her white slipped pottery and classic use of design elements. She learned to make pottery from her mother, Paqua, who also used the white clay and signed with a frog as a hallmark.  The white kaolin clay is a slip which is applied to the surface of the bowl and then black (bee-weed) and red clay slips are used for painting.  This bowl is a wonderful piece of her work from the late 1960’s. It is a unique design with two different designs in each of the four panels.  The red areas are the wings of the birds in each of the sections. Note the color of the red which is typical of her work at this period of time.  Later she would change slips and use the darker colored red clay.  Both pieces are signed on the bottom with her frog hallmark.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.