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 and painted by Elizabeth Medina.  The jar has classic style birds as the design, along with plants and an old style hummingbird!  Each bird is surrounded by flowers and rain designs.  The red clay slip on the body of the bird is stone polished.  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 Medina – Zia”