Minnie Vigil was 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 and sloping side. The piece is fully polished red.  It is painted with 40 feathers around the neck with a blue/gray colored clay.  Below the shoulder are cloud designs.   The jar was traditionally fired.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom, “Minnie”.  She was 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.