This is a very intricately carved bowl by Kelli Little Katchina Tafoya.  She was a daughter of Lucy Year Flower, a granddaughter of Camilio Tafoya and a niece of Joseph Lonewolf and Grace Medicine Flower.  She began making pottery in the 1970’s and focused mostly on miniatures.  This bowl is very deeply carved with a water serpent (avanyu) as the design.  Note in the background areas where it is matte, she has also carved it into a circular texture.  As the bowl is turned there are rain clouds, mountain designs and at the base rain designs.  The striking feature of the bowl is the firing, which is very metallic in appearance.  This is achieved from a very high firing.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay.