PLACE REPRESENTED: Sabah , Malaysia
ITEM: Bookmark
NOTES: a nice rustic bookmark from the Malaysian state Sabah on the north of the island of Borneo. Simple and stylish and functional. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabah
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm x 4.5cm (bookmark) 26.5cm x 8.5cm (package)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Pennant
NOTES: A pendant flag with only one major Sydney sight … clearly before the Opera House (1973), the gentrification of the Rocks (the 1970s) and Sydney Tower (1981)
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm x 27cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Amsterdam , Holland
ITEM: Stationery
NOTES: A novelty, oversize pencil with a bell attached depicting all the sites of Amsterdam, well almost everything … there is no Red Light district. Maybe that’s what the bell is for. That’s cryptic. Actually, that makes no sense. In any event the bell becomes annoying when writing, though the a novelty oversized pencil is not commonly used.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood , pencil .
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 23cm (including bell)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Laos
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Very shiny gold wall ornament depicting the sites of Laos, “Land of a Million Elephants”. This in the right sunlight is blinding … just like some Laotians I know
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Israel
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A stylish, old school looking brass plate depicting Moses and “Israel” in English and Hebrew along the bottom. Moses was the leader of the Israelites dating back to the 13th century BC. The most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.The plate, like Israel, is intricate, substantial and permanent.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel (brass?)
MADE IN: Israel (I suspect)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 25cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: The Irish shillelagh is a walking stick or club used for walking and, errr clubbing? This one isn’t long enough to be a walking stick, unless you were a little person (the little people of Irish mythology?) and too ornate to be a club (I assume). So, it is purely decorative though would hurt if used for non-decorative purposes.
In the modern world, the shillelagh is recognised, especially in the Irish-American context, as a symbol of Irishness and populates the mascots and logos of many Irish associations and sports teams. This is one weapon that made the onto the plane and through customs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillelagh_(club)
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Ireland probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 44cm long x 11cm wide (at its widest)
