Elizabeth Medina is known for traditional style of Zia pottery.  Each piece is coil built, painted with native clays and native fired.  This jar was made by Elizabeth and painted by her husband, Marcellus Medina.  The jar has birds on two of the sides.  Each bird is surrounded by flowers and rain designs.  The red clay slip on the body of the bird is stone polished.  Separating the birds are butterflies. Each butterfly is different with the designs on the wings and delicately painted by Marcellus.  He is known for his more realistic style of painting.  The top of the lid is polished red and there is an added turtle. The top of the turtle has flowers and a bird as the design.   The jar is signed on the side “Elizabeth + Marcellus Medina, Zia”.