This is an incredibly intricate miniature by Dextra Quotskuyva.   It was made in the early 1980’s and the top half and neck are stone polished. The jar has a butterfly pattern painted with a white clay on two of the sides.  Note as well how Dextra carved into the clay to create an open space for the bodies of the butterflies.  The sides are painted with flowers and the neck with a rain pattern. The lower half of the bowl is matte in contrast to the polished top. The jar is painted with kaolin clay (white), red clay and bee-weed (black).  It was traditionally fired so that there are blushes and color variations around the surface.  It is signed on the bottom with bee-weed, “Detra” with an ear of corn representing the Corn Clan.  Note as well that the base is polished in contrast to the sides which are matte.   The bowl is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  Dextra has been the subject of a retrospective of her pottery at the Museum of Indian Art and Culture called, “Painted Perfection“.