PLACE REPRESENTED: Alaska , USA
ITEM: Trivet
NOTES: A trivet or wall tile this is a nice modernist take on usual Alaskan themes of mountain, snow and moose.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: tile
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm x 15.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Alaska , USA
ITEM: Trivet
NOTES: A nicely detailed trivet with Alaskan grizzly bears and an in danger salmon depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 15cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Juneau, Alaska, USA specifically The Red Dog Saloon.
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Juneau is the capital of Alaska, and the Red Dog Saloon is the oldest man-made tourist attraction in Juneau, founded during Juneau’s mining era (around the 1880s I suppose). Actually the saloon has been in a few places in town but they had the historical (?) sense to move the whole saloon in the process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dog_Saloon
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Red Dog Saloon
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Alaska , USA
ITEM: Herb Knife
NOTES: I’m sure there are herbs in Alaska but a herb knife as a souvenir? Well, at least you can use it.
The knife has a curved blade to get a rocking action and is also known as a ‘Hachoir’ or ‘Herb Chopper’.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: steel , wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm high x 14.5cm long (herb knife) 10cm long x 2cm high (base)