This is a creative bowl by Ida Sahmie.  The piece is carved into mesas or “kiva steps” in four sections.  This is always difficult as when carving the steps the piece can crack when drying or carving.  It is also a challenge to get them even.  The exterior of the bowl is fully stone polished and painted with four Navajo wedding baskets.  The interior has four corn plants painted on the sides.  The rest has a “splattered” appearance meant to represent the earth.  The piece was traditionally fired outdoors.  It is signed on the bottom, “Ida Sahmie 2021”.   Ida is the only Navajo potter creating this unique style of ethnographic pottery that captures the stories and world of Dine symbolism.