maria martinez

Salvation army score!!!! I go in at least once a week. I saw this in a case and the older clerk lady asked if i was familiar with her work, I was. She had just put it out..... I picked it up and as i put my hand into the inside I could feel the small finger grooves that I didn't fit into. Female i thought. Charcoal in the inside, so buried as a firing method i thought. I loved maria's work since a high school video I watched in pottery class. They wanted 30$ I said it was a gamble for a possible fake so I offered 3$ and got it. It's unsigned, im thinking an early julien and maria piece? Thanks for any info you can give me on this.