This is a traditional jar by Lorriane Williams.  It is a round bowl and there are three bands of rug style star patterns.  They are incised into the clay. The top and bottom bands are red awhile the center is black.  The bowl has been traditionally fired.  After the piece is fired it is covered in pine pitch, which is typical of all traditional Navajo pottery harkening back to when it was utilitarian.  Lorraine has won numerous awards for her pottery and been featured in books such as “A Legacy of Generations”.