Wild Bison / Buffalo - Mata Ortiz Pottery - Señor Tomas Quintana The surface has been polished

The surface has been polished to a mirror reflection

The designs were originally created by the Inca

Inch for inch of surface area has more densely packed detail with hand painted lines than nearly any other potters

All the images are hand painted using only homemade tools and dyes and clay harvested from around the village

Paty Ortiz pottery is supremely popular

Wild Bison / Buffalo - Mata Ortiz Pottery - Señor Tomas Quintana The surface has been polishedSeor Quintana Artist Width 4. 25 inches Length 13. 75 inches Height 8. 5 inches to back Weight 4 pounds 6 ounces Artist Tomas Quintana is one of the few master craftsmen behind many of the animal figurines that come out of Mata Ortiz. His work covers a wide variety of animal figures. This sculpture is of a buffalo bison. It possesses a bold and sturdy presence. The texture of the fur has been created through etching hundreds of individual lines. The