Rose Williams (1915-2015) was one of the great matriarchs of Navajo pottery.  She was from the Shonto/Cow Springs area of the Navajo Reservation.  Rose was an adult when she learned to make pottery but continued doing so for over three decades.  Her children, Alice Cling, Sue Ann Williams, Susie Williams Crank, and her daughter-in-law, Lorraine Williams, are all recognized potters.  This is a classic “drum jar” with tall sides and a wide opening. The bowl is slipped red and polished. The outer rim is raised and has an impressed cloud design. The jar was traditionally fired and afterward covered in pine pitch.  This was a traditional method historically to make the pottery waterproof. Today, potters continue this process as a testament to the past. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “RW”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.