This jar by Samuel Manymules  has a stunning firing!  It is coil built and slipped with a red clay and then traditionally fired.  The neck of the jar is plain and extends down about a third of the length of the jar.  The melon ribs swirl out from the shoulder and each has a sharp edge.  The shape is elegant but it is the firing which is dynamic.  The coloration ranges from a deep red to black and almost a metallic sheen in the black.  In the photos that coloration can be seen on the darkest black of the ribs, they almost look silver!  After the firing, the jar is the covered with pine pitch in the traditional way expected of Navajo pottery.  It is extraordinary vessels like this which keep Samuel among the top Navajo potters working today.  It is signed on the bottom.