This small jar is a classic Hopi-Tewa design by Rainy Naha.  The bat wing pattern is one that was often used by her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. The bat wings are painted with very thin lines and the pattern extends over the shoulder.  Rainy uses natural clay slips (bee-weed for the black) and a white kaolin clay.  Each of her pieces is also traditionally fired which gives the white a very pearlescent appearance.  It is signed on the bottom with a feather and “Rainy