Myron Sarracino is one of the few Laguna potters working today.  He learned to make pottery from Gladys Paquin and creates pieces that are thin-walled and tightly painted. This jar has a round shoulder and an elongated neck.  The neck of the jar has rain designs and red clay areas representing the sunrise. Along the shoulder are four Longhair Katsinas.  The Longhair Katsina are meant to bring rain and their beards represent the rain. Around the shoulder are Tularosa swirls.  They are inspired by the Tularosa pottery of the 1150-1325 era (see last photo).  The Tularosa swirls around the shoulder of the jar are round out and filled in with thin lines.  Near the base are checkerboard, fine-line, and solid red-slipped Mesa designs. The jar is fully designed and striking in appearance.  Note on the rim that there is a  painted “spirit line”, which is where the “spirit” of the painter is able to leave the piece and it is also a tribute to the potters who came before.  It is seen on much older Acoma and Laguna pottery.  The jar is signed on the bottom, “Myron Sarracino”.