Kathleen Jopovi Tafoya Silva (b.1947) is a daughter of Mary Agnes Tafoya and a granddaughter of Severa Tafoya. She learned to make pottery from her grandmother.  This is a small melon bowl.  There are 16 carved ribs, each extending from the near the rim to the base.  The piece is highly polished and fired a glassy black.  The rim was two-toned sienna after the firing.  It is signed, ‘Jopovi Tafoya Silva”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.