This is a striking jar by Mark Tahbo.  He has titled this piece, “The Coming of Spring”. The jar has two sections with birds painted onto the surface of the piece.  Each of the birds is different and each is painted with different colors of clay for the heads, bodies and tails.  Separating each of the birds is a large round, bird tail pattern. There is a white prayer feather at the top of the circles.  The red, mauve and white are all natural clay slips.  The black is bee-weed (a plant).  The jar is traditionally fired to create the various colorations from the heat of the fire. It is signed on the bottom with a pipe for his “Tobacco Clan”.