Dominique Toya is known for her intricately carved pottery with sharply ridged melon swirls.  She has created her distinctive style of pottery using native clay and micaceous clay slips for the surface.  This jar has a round body and asymmetric rim.  It has a single melon rib that extends from the lip to the base. The entire surface is fully polished.  It is signed on the bottom, “Dominique Toya”.  Dominique won numerous awards for her pottery, including “Best of Pottery” at Santa Fe Indian Market.