Elizabeth Medina is known for her traditional style of Zia pottery.  Each piece is coil built, painted with native clays and native fired.  This jar is intricately painted by her husband, Marcellus Medina.  The jar feathers painted around the neck of the piece.  There are Zia birds and large flowers.  Note in the various color of clay slips that some are polished and some are matte!  The base of the ajr is polished.  The jar has a lid with a small bear.  It is painted with a bird and flowers on a red polished flat surface. The jar is signed on the side “Elizabeth + Marcellus Medina, Zia”.