Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy star pattern brownish black

brownish black

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

is that this is American and I am pretty sure it dates to the 2nd half of the 20th century

Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy star pattern brownish blackAt 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