Gloria Mahle began making pottery in 1980.  She learned to make pottery from Rainy Naha and Fawn Navsie.  This jar is coil-built and painted with bee-weed (black) and red clay slip.  The jar has two Awatovi birds inspired by the Awatovi murals. Separating them are checkerboard flower patterns.  The designs are tightly painted and the jar was traditionally fired to create blushes on the surface.  It is signed on the bottom, “Gloria Mahle”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.