This is a colorful water jar by Robert Patricio.  Robert is known for his classic forms and use of both traditional and pre-historic imagery.  This jar is coil built using native clay, thin-walled, and painted with bee-weed (black) and clay slips.  The jar has rain cloud designs around the neck.  There are cloud designs below the heartline deer. The jar has four heartline deer as the central part of the design.  It is a dynamic combination of designs with thin lines, colors, and complex imagery.  The shape and design flow together seamlessly with the position of the deer on the shoulder adding to their visual impact.  Robert is certainly one of the leading traditional Acoma potters working today, as evidenced by his stunning forms and complementary designs.  The jar is signed on the bottom, “R. M. Patricio”.