This is a traditional bowl by Lorriane Williams.  It is a round shape and there are three bands of designs.  The top band is a setting sun, the center is clouds and the bottom are stars.  The designs are all incised into the clay.  The various colors are painted onto the surface of the bowl before it is fired.  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”.