Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy star pattern especially around the holidays

especially around the holidays

produced a series of paintings revolving around the life of Kerouac

or spread across the surface of a mid-century credenza

showing the wood underneath (easily repaired) and there is a bit of loss of lacquer around the underside edge of the lid

a milking stool came in pretty handy for fitting between narrow aisles in our greenhouses and sitting upon for labor intensive picking

Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy star pattern especially around the holidaysAt first I took this small vase with its terrific patterning as an Art Deco piece, but finally deciphered the signature on the bottom to realize it is by George Kills Pretty Enemy (Pte San Hoksila), a member of the Sioux tribe who worked at Sioux Pottery in Rapid City, South Dakota in the 1970s. I think the design executed in low relief and glazed a lighter brown is just terrific, making for an unusual and very special feeling little vase that feels