PLACE REPRESENTED: Nicaragua
ITEM: Change Wallet
NOTES: Nifty little change wallet in what looks like and feels to be leather. Well, Nicaragua is a big beef producer. They come in all sorts of colours. They look sturdy.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2016
MADE FROM: leather
MADE IN: Nicaragua (probably)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm long , 8cm tall .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Animal caricature fridge magnets with youthful phrasing and attitude (apparently).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm across x 7cm high each
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane (specifically Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary) Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Paperweight Water Cube
NOTES: A water cube. They didn’t quite take off like the snow globe but there are a few water cubes out there. This is a fairly generic one.
There are kangaroos at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary but the key word is “koala”, so why put two kangaroos on rafts in a sea of blue? Methinks there were generic novelty cubes left over that needed a place name attached.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2010s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Wilmot Harvey
DIMENSIONS: 5cm x 5cm x 5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Nicaragua
ITEM: Religious
NOTES: A colourful cross from Nicaragua with vivid drawings of village life. Vivid and appealing.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2012
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Nicaragua
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 24cm high , 18.5cm across