Nancy Youngblood is renowned for her deeply carved and highly polished pottery.  This is classic deep carved swirl melon bowls  The piece is from 1993 and it is perfectly carved with 16 ribs.  They start small at the top and then get larger as they narrow to the base.  Note the depth of the carving on this piece!  The entire bowl is fully polished which takes an extraordinary amount of time.  Consider that each rib has two “sides” to be polished and the surface area of the piece is about double its size!  Each rib also comes to a “point” or edge, which adds to the difficulty as she has to take care not to chip or crack the edge of the rib during the polishing stage.  The bowl is fired a deep black.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Nancy Youngblood”.  Nancy has won numerous awards for her melon bowls and this is undoubtedly a classic of her style!  This piece is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.