This bowl with buffalo and Pueblo Buffalo Dancers by Johnathan Naranjo is certainly a timely piece for winter.  Nearly every pueblo at the end of the year perform the Buffalo Dance.  There are male Buffalo Dancers and the female Buffalo Maiden.  This bowl is highly polished and the two figures are etched into the clay with realistic precision.  Separating them are stampeding buffalo. Noe as well the detail to the animals and even the sense of movement in the dust being stirred up by their feet!  The coloration of the bowl is derived from the firing technique.  The various shades of red and tan are achieved by lightly scraping away layers of polished surface!  This is a very difficult technique but visually is striking.  Johnathan has won numerous awards for his pottery and  Johnathan is definitely one of the young potters to watch!