This is an unusual piece by Minnie Vigil.  She is renowned for her polychrome pottery.  In the 1980’s she created a distinctive style of pottery using different clays to create colorful designs on her pottery. This jar has a sharp shoulder, elongated neck, and lid. The area below the shoulder is fully polished red.  It is painted with black and blue-gray clay slips before it is fired.  The design has rain and clouds.  Above the shoulder is a feather design.  This section of the jar is matte.  The lid is also matte and sits on the rim of the jar.  The piece is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  It is signed on the bottom, “Minnie”.  She is a sister to potters Gloria Garcia (Goldenrod), Lois Guiterrez, and Thelma Talachy and an aunt to Jason Garcia.  Her mother was Petra Gutierrez and her grandmother was Pasqualita Gutierrez.