This bowl is one which was made and polished by Mark Tahbo.  After he passed away this past Fall, there were four pieces which he had not finished.  The family asked his cousin, Debbie Clashin to paint and fired the pieces.  Debbie received a book Mark kept with his drawings.  From this sketch-book she selected some of his designs which she used on these pieces.  I asked Debbie to number the pieces (1-4) in order to make an accurate historic recording of the final pieces of Mark’s pottery which she finished.  This is an open bowl which was made with the red Hopi clay.  I remember Mark always said this was the most difficult clay to work with as it was very difficult to fire.  Here the outside of the bowl is polished and the inside is matte. The inside has a hummingbird surrounded by flowers.  The design is painted with bee-weed for the black and a kaolin clay for the white.  It was outdoor fired with darker blushes on the surface.   It is signed on the bottom with Debbie’s name, the date (1/18),  a pipe which was Mark’s hallmark for his “Tobacco Clan” and also a #2, signifying it is one of the four pieces Debbie painted and fired. Definitely a wonderful piece of history!