This unique hand-wrought, heavy copper pail is hallmarked HAND MADE BY INDIANS and the Tewa Thunderbird logo. Beautiful struck stamping graces 3 sides of the pail. The pail measures 5 3/4" tall by 5 1/2" wide at top with a handle that is 3" tall. In good condition with some slight green oxidation on the inside of the pail and some wear spots on the outer part of the pail. Overall a wonderful piece of history!
Garden of the Gods trading
Post (Shop). Operating since 1929 adjacent to Garden of the Gods Park in
Colorado. Silver, copper, aluminum; jewelry and decorative items. Garden of the
Gods Trading Post was owned by Charles and Esther Strausenback. San Ildefonso artist Awa
Tsireh worked here from about 1930 to the late 1940s. The logo is based on a
painting by Awa Tsireh. The Messier family has a new book out on the history of Garden of the Gods.