This is a classic water jar shape by Samuel Manymules.  It is coil built and slipped with a red clay and then traditionally fired.  It is a balance of shape and firing that makes it such an elegant vessel.  The  shape of the jar is a long neck water jar with a rainbow ridge around the shoulder.  There are melon ribs which are pushed out in the clay to create the swirling form.  The fire clouds encircle the piece had create various colors from red to dark black.  After the firing the jar is the covered with pine pitch in the traditional way expected of Navajo pottery.  It is extraordinary vessels like this which keep Samuel among the top Navajo potters working today.