Ricardo Ortiz and his wife, Victoria, create traditional San Felipe pottery.  Ricardo is a son of Frank Ortiz and Vanencia Montaño Ortiz and grandson of Lorenzo and Candelaria Montaño.  Victoria makes the pottery and Ricardo paints the designs.  This is a large bird clay effigy figure.  The bird is painted with a cloud design on the inside.  There are additional cloud and rain designs around the rest of the figure.  The red areas are stone polished.  The piece is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Ricardo and Victoria Ortiz”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.