Helen Naha created distinctive pottery using the white clay slip throughout her career.  The designs were all painted using bee-weed (black) and natural clay slips.  She learned to make pottery from her mother-in-law, Paqua Naha yet had her own style in form, imagery and composition.  This large jar has a series of birds painted around the body of the piece.  They are connected by fine-lines which are meant to represent the paths of the migration of the birds.  The jar has an additional red clay slip besides the black of the bee-weed.  The jar was traditionally fired outside.  It is signed on the bottom with a Feather, which was Helen’s hallmark. The jar is in very good with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.