Stamped Maisel's Brand Thunderbird Ashtray
Artist
Maisel's Indian Trading Post
(closed 2019)
Dateca. 1959
Mediumcopper
Dimensions3 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 1/4 in. (8.9 × 7 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Skip Maisel
Object numberPC2020.47.1
DescriptionThis copper ashtray is in the shape of a Native American thunderbird. The bottom of the tray is stamped with: "Maisel's Indian Trading Post, Albuquerque, New Mexico" which was a store located at 510 Central Avenue, southwest Albuquerque catering to the Route 66 trade focusing on Indigenous jewelry and crafts.On View
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