Graceful, Gestural Whittled Form/Figure Mt. Moosilalauke souvenir I love the lapis blue

I love the lapis blue of the label

on Cathay")--which makes me wonder whether the original inspiration for the drawing was an image first painted on a teacup

especially on her amazing outfit

a member of the Sioux tribe who worked at Sioux Pottery in Rapid City

Great spare form (this owl feels rather Brutalist to me in the best of ways)

Graceful, Gestural Whittled Form/Figure Mt. Moosilalauke souvenir I love the lapis blueJust a little thing, but I think it's so lovely, like a whittled abstraction of a long limbed modern dancer. I don't know anything of who made it or when, but I sure love the effect of the patch of bark left untouched, as if minimally clothing a figure who reaches out from center in every direction. 5 1 2" longest x 4" wide measured on the square. Very good condition.