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This charm and its accompanying oval metal tag are made of solid .925 sterling silver, showcasing miniature three-dimensional figural casting with a detailed representation of a Native American Kachina figure. Background & Design Story: Maisel's Indian Trading Post was established by Maurice and Cyma Maisel in 1939 in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Built right along the iconic U.S. Route 66, it catered heavily to the exploding mid-century automotive and rail tourist trade. To capture the regional souvenir market, Maisel’s mass-produced small, highly-detailed sterling charms representing Western motifs, figures, and landmarks. They customized these charms for tourists by pairing them with stamped identity tags for specific towns, historical sites, resorts, or geographic regions (like "Dell View") so travelers could collect a memento from each stop on their road trips. Designed and manufactured between the late 1930s and the 1950s.
