Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy star pattern 15ʺW × 6

15ʺW × 6

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

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

Nothing is better than finding a great piece that comes with the story of its making written directly upon it

Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy star pattern 15ʺW × 6At 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