This large storage jar by Virgil Ortiz captures his story of the Pueblo Revolt 1680/2180.  The jar is coil built and painted with wild spinach (for the black).  The imagery captures Tahu the Blind Archer one one side and one of the Runners in a 2180 format. The front facing face is that of Translator, who tells the story of both time periods of the Pueblo Revolt.  Finally, there is striking another figure, morphing between man and bird.  It is an intricately painted jar and massive in size! It is an exceptional piece of pottery that continues to tell the story of the resilience of the Pueblo people.  Note how Virgil uses his graphic style lines and classic Cochiti imagery to enhance the faces and figures on the vessel!  There is a space on the rim of the neck where it is unpainted, which is the “heartline”, which Virgil always paints on his clay vessels.  The jar is signed on the bottom.  It is not often that Virgil makes a piece of this size or complexity of design and painting.  The final image is one of the piece in the gallery near other vessels for scale.