Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy deco planter each one unique

each one unique

This charming vintage brown and black pottery vase from Okinawa

produced by Gerstendorfer Bros New York

who seems prepared to orate

75ʺd × 4

Sioux Native American Brown Pottery Vase by George Kills Pretty Enemy deco planter each one uniqueAt 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