EASTER ISLAND, CHILE – Wall Tile

easter island - wall tile (1)EASTER ISLAND, CHILE – Wall Tile 

PLACE REPRESENTED: Easter Island , Chile 

ITEM: Wall Tile 

NOTES: Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its Polynesian locals is a Chilean Island about 3500 km west of Chile. It is most famous for its nearly 1000 large stone monumental statues, called Moai locally or "Easter Island Heads". 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s 

MADE FROM: tile     

MADE IN:  Argentina   

MANUFACTURER: unknown 

DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 15cm       

CHILE – Trivet

Chile - Wall Ornament (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Chile

ITEM: Trivet

NOTES: Simple and vivid. A painted tin relief glued to a piece of masonite. The images depicted, the map of Chile, the Cathedral of Chillan (with monumental cross in memory of the victims of the earthquake in January 1939 that devastated the city of Chillan), the Parinacota volcano, the Chilean Huaso or baqueano (cowboy), the native Chilean in traditional dress are vivid. And quite appropriately, so are the materials, copper tin and wood … two of the largest industries in chile: copper mining and forestry.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: steel , wood

MADE IN:   Chile probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 19cm diameter

Chile - Wall Ornament (3)

CHILE – Wall Ornament

Chile - Copper Wall Plate (1)     Chile - Copper Wall Plate (3)

PLACE REPRESENTED:   Chile

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A nice hand crafted (partially) wall ornament from Chile, in copper, naturally enough. Copper mining was (is) one of the biggest industries in Chile.

“Recuerdo de Chile” means “A Remembrance of Chile”.

Simple, effective and stylish.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: Copper

MADE IN:  unknown (probably Chile)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13cm diameter