Minnie Vigil 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 is certainly a reflection of why she was considered so creative and popular in the 1980s.  The jar is round in shape with a slightly turned out rim. The jar is highly polished a deep red coloration.  There are four polychrome medallions painted on the sides using various colors of clay slips. Two medallions are feathers and two are rain clouds.  What is so unusual is the rim! The inside of the rim is mate and painted with a polychrome rain cloud pattern!  There are eight different colors of clay on this piece making it a true polychrome (more than three colors of clay).  The jar was traditionally fired and it 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.