Category Archives: Keychain

MEDJUGORJE, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – Key Ring

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ITEM: Key Ring

NOTES: Medjugorje is a town located in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, about 25 km southwest of Mostar and 20 km east of the border with Croatia. The town consists of an ethnically homogeneous Croat population of about 2300. And like, just about, every souvenir from there, they feature the Blessed Virgin Mary. Since 1981, when six local children said they had visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Medjugorje has become an unapproved destination of Catholic pilgrimage. It is inscribed “Kraljica Mira” or “Queen of Peace”.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 10cm long

   

AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND – Key Ring

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amsterdam - key chain (1)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

CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Key Chain

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Cairns - Keychain - VW - 2014 (1)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)

Cairns - Keychain - VW - 2014 (2)

CAMBODIA – Key Ring

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Cambodia - key ring (1)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)

 

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MALAYSIA – Key Ring

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Malaysia - key ring (1)

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)

SALVADOR, BRAZIL – Key Ring Holder

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Salvador - Brazil - key ring (1)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)