PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland
ITEM: Key Ring
NOTES: A sturdy steel key ring depicting the famous Dutch tulips. Simple and evocative.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm (with chain) , 3.5cm diameter on medallion
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Hawaii on a keychain.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Union
DIMENSIONS: 6cm x 3cm (at its widest)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Amsterdam , Holland
ITEM: Key Ring
NOTES: A small key ring with a lot of sites crammed into its frame: Dam Square with Royal Palace, Oude Kerk, the National Monument, the Magere Brug (bridge) and probably a few other things.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: plastic , steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm (with chain) , 4cm x 3cm medallion
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: The Volkswagen Camper Van is hardly Australian. But, with a surf board on top, and a couple of blokes inside looking for the perfect wave in the endless summer it becomes Australian … and you do see them around Cairns (no surf there though)
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm across x 4cm high (van)(7cm including chain)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cambodia
ITEM: Key Ring
NOTES: A key ring bottle opener and nail clipper! Perfect for travelling. The handle depicts the Angkor Wat temple with Vishnu is one of the Hundu deities hovering, perhaps Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu, or Maheshvara?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: Steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long (including chain) x 43 across (at widest)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Malaysia
ITEM: Key Ring Holder
NOTES: A dainty little key ring made out of material and wood with a bell attached underneath. Clearly the bell is not there to help you find your keys (think about it) … it must be to give you a little aural magic you walk along. It is all very delicate. I don’t think it would last long in my pocket.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood , material , steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14cm long (including chain)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Salvador , Brazil
ITEM: Key Ring Holder
NOTES: A nice little wooden key ring in the shape of a boat. The boat ropes are a nice touch though I’m not sure how long they would last in day to day use. Salvador, also known as São Salvador, Salvador de Bahia, and Salvador da Bahia is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. With 2.9 million people (2013), it is the largest city proper in the Northeast Region and the 3rd-largest city proper in the country, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long (including chain)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Croat colours and coat of arms. “Hrvatska” being Croatian for Croatia.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: steel , material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm long , 3cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: A Maori Tiki for a key ring.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: New Zealand
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm tall x 2.5cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Middlemount, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Keychain
NOTES: Middlemount is a mining town in Central Queensland, Australia. Hence the depiction of the dragline excavator. Middlemount, like many other mining towns in Queensland virtually sprung up overnight in the early 1980s. It services two large coal mines, Foxleigh and German Creek. At the 2011 census, Middlemount had a population of 1,914. It’s population, I suspect, is dependent of the fortunes of the mining industry. Maybe that’s why the image is framed in a horseshoe … for luck? If solar or green energy become a easily accessible reality who knows what will happen to Middlemount, or Queensland for that matter.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm length overall