Kevin and Valerie Pourier are Oglala Lakota. Their home and studio are located on the Pine Ridge Reservation – Medicine Root District, just on the northern edge of the Badlands area of the reservation. The inspirational and material source of the Pourierʼs work is rightly ascribed to what also happens to be the Lakota Peopleʼs first name, Pte Oyate kin, the Buffalo People.  As partners, they are pleased to cultivate the idea that their work not only comes out of the lifeways of the People but is, moreover, a new cultural artform.  Each piece is hand-cut from buffalo horn, which is then carved and inlaid with stones.

This pendant is made from buffalo horn.  The design is a dragonfly that is inlaid with pink coral for the body and lapis and mother-of-pearl shell for the wings.  The coloration of the buffalo horn is striking on this piece with the subtle color variations.