This is striking tall jar by Samuel Manymules.  It is coil built and slipped with a red clay and then traditionally fired.  The jar has angular designs inspired by Navajo Crystal Rug designs (see last image).  Typical of Samuel’s pottery, the designs are not carved into the clay, nor are they applique.  Each row is pushed out in the clay to create the various layers of angles!  It is technically very difficult but the result is striking and gives the jar added dimension.  Samuel had tried this style on a smaller scale but on this jar it has four rows of rug designs! Looking inside the jar you can even see how they are pushed out int he clay.  The entire jar is polished and it is traditionally fired outdoors.  The coloration, which ranges from red to black to brown, where the fire was the hottest!  The color changes as the jar is turned.  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.