Tag Archives: 2000s

CANAIMA, VENEZUELA – Cap

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Canaima - Cap (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Canaima , Venezuela

ITEM: Cap

NOTES: A vivid colourful cap depicting a vivid colourful area. Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima) in south-eastern Venezuela is a beautiful, stunningly diverse, gigantic (30,000 km²) national park (the sixth largest in the world). The park is home to indigenous Pemon Indians, part of the Carib linguistic group. The park is relatively remote, with only a few roads connecting towns. Most transport within the park is done by light plane from the airstrips built by various Capuchin missions, or by foot and canoe. Pemons have developed some basic and luxurious camps, which are mainly visited by tourists from across the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaima_National_Park

The front of the cap appears to be hand painted and is quite beautiful for a souvenir.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: Synthetic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: head size

Canaima - Cap (3)

IRELAND – Ornament

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Ireland - Irish Harp Minature (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Ireland

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: A ornamental Irish Harp. The Irish Harp is one of the most famous of all Irish instruments.  The sticker on the back reads “The history of the Irish Harp is carved into the standing stones of Celtic Ireland.  Immortalised in bardic poetry and manuscripts dating back to 540AD.  Island Turf Crafts have recreated the harp in turf cut from Irish boglands”. Island Turf Crafts gifts are hand crafted using 5,000 year old Irish peat from some of Europe’s oldest bog lands.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: Peat

MADE IN:  Ireland

MANUFACTURER: http://www.islandturfcrafts.com

DIMENSIONS: 18cm high x 10cm at it’s widest

ALDINGA BEACH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA – Cap

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Aldinga Beach - Cap (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Aldinga Beach, South Australia , Australia

ITEM: Cap

NOTES: Aldinga Beach is an outer southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has a conservation park and aquatic reserve … and hats.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: 100% cotton, 100% polyester (both?)

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: One Size Fits All

CANADA – Clock

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Canada - Wall Clock with Shields (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Canada

ITEM: Clock

NOTES: A large clock with all the shields for all the Canadian provinces and territories depicted. Ten provinces, two territories. It’s big and it’s regal. It’s Canada.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: wood  (reconstituted)

MADE IN:  Canada

MANUFACTURER: AEF

DIMENSIONS: 27cm diameter

 

KOREA – Wall Hanging

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Korea - Wall Ornament (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Korea

ITEM: Wall Hanging

NOTES: A plastic, rubber and cardboard wall hanging you would expect to see hanging in a Korean diner. Cheap it is, but there is a certain cute kitsch-y charm to it.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: plastic , rubber , cardboard

MADE IN:  Korea (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 29.5cm long x 14cm high

Korea - Wall Ornament (4)     Korea - Wall Ornament (2)

KAPRUN, AUSTRIA – Wall Hanging

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Kaprun - Austria - wall relief plate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Kaprun , Austria

ITEM: Wall Hanging

NOTES: “Gruss aus Kaprun” means “Greetings from Kaprun”.

Kaprun is a municipality in western Austria famous for its glacier Kitzsteinhorn, skiing and tourism.

This well detailed hard resin wall hanging, is no doubt, made to replace the old traditional wooden wall carvings of the same style. It’s even made to look like it’s made of wood. The plate is detailed with the town, glacier, mountains and dams. I suppose it is post 2000 as the two funicular railways, the site of the Kaprun disaster of 2000, are not depicted.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: resin

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 21cm diameter

Kaprun - Austria - wall relief plate (3)

PARIS, FRANCE – Picture Frame

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Paris - Picture Frame (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Paris , France

ITEM: A steel photo frame.

NOTES: A very kitschy photo frame depicting all the famous sites of Paris with sparkly red writing and hearts to make sure it is known that you love Paris.

To be wilfully perverse I will put a photo of me standing in front of the Colosseum or the Taj Mahal in the frame.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: Steel , glass.

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 21cm long x 16cm high