PLACE REPRESENTED: Peru
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A very stylish and ornate cap from Peru. Quite a bit of detail has gone into the brim and badge. It is wonderfully folk art-ish with some of the usual traditional Peruvian motifs displayed … a lama, Incas. The “chismosas” referred to are “gossips”. Very nice.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: leather or vinyl (I can’t tell which)
MADE IN: Peru probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cambodia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Cambodian flag superimposed within the outline of Cambodia with, errr “Cambodia” written in English and in, I assume, Khmer.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton or polyester
MADE IN: Cambodia probably (in a sweat shop?)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Niagara Falls, Canada
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Niagra Falls, Canada in orange and not, for a change, in the red and white national colours of Canada.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult Adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Tambourine, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Beautifully detailed, hand painted and crafted fridge magnet from Mt Tambourine in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Someone has hand painted a nut, which seem to be gumnuts from a eucalypt tree which are prolific on Tambourine. The mountain has had a long history of arts and crafts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamborine_Mountain
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood , magnet
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm long , 3cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Las Vegas, Nevada , USA
ITEM: Bottle Opener (and fridge magnet)
NOTES: The famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign built in 1959 on a bottle opener with a magnet. Perfect for your fridge. The Las Vegas landmark sign is located on Las Vegas Boulevard South and is iconic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Fabulous_Las_Vegas_sign
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm x 5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Snow Globe
NOTES: Ahhh, the Opera House (and Harbour Bridge) in a snow globe. Perfectly identifiable and quite the piece of kitsch. But does it ever snow in Sydney? No cocaine related jokes necessary.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm high , 7cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Fiji Islands
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: A stand up very simple wood carving of a traditional (?) Fijian beach village. Despite the handcraft in this, the slightly slapdash nature indicates these must have been churned out at a rapid pace. It’s as if the craftsman could see the boat load of tourists on the horizon.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Fiji (probably)
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm across x 12cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Israel
ITEM: Candle
NOTES: I doubt this blog will create an international incident but it would be good if you could enter Jerusalem in as a “state” unto itself even though it is the capital of Israel, and, err, Palestine. It depends on who you ask but some will say that Israel is the owner of Jerusalem, others will say Palestine while some will say that one country owns a part and the other owns the rest. Before 1948 it was all Palestine. But, Palestine was never a country. The historical Jerusalem had been part of the region of Palestine until 1967 when Israel annexed it. Though, historically the Jewish people have lived their thousands of years before the Arabs of Palestine. Yes, a difficult one. But it is Israel now, so …
This quite a nifty little candle in a ceramic holder. It may have some sort of a religions significance I do not know but the representation of Jerusalem around the base is nicely detailed.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm diameter, at it’s widest x 6cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland
ITEM: Hat
NOTES: Six pointed high hat (top hat?) in the Dutch colours and with bells attahed to the peaks. I strongly suspect this isn’t a traditional hat but knowing some of the Dutch people I know nothing would surprise me. Perhaps, more likely, it’s a Dutch hat to be worn when following the nation football (soccer) team? If that is the case you don’t want to be sitting behind the wearer at the game!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: foam
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 25cm high , 29cm (from brim to brim)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Orchid Beach, Fraser Island, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap depicting Orchid Beach, a beach on Marloo Bay on the north east of Fraser Island. Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island (120km long and 24 km wide) about 200 kilometres north of Brisbane. The dingo which is all over the island has pride of place at the center of the cap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Island
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: 100% cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: One Size Fits All