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Piton hammer

Accession Number

317.2008.1

Object Name

Piton hammer

Created

11/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

11/11/2008

Brief Description

Interalp piton hammer. Wooden shaft. Square hammer head, pyramid shaped at other end. Hole in shaft for leash.

Materials

wood, steel

Dimensions

Shaft 26(l) x 10(cir)cms. Head 10(l) cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

A stuck on label reads "HIGH GRADE STEEL" Mountain logo and two crossed axes inside a circle. Letters below read "INTERALP". A diamond with "CAMP" inside and the letters "D CN FD &" at each point. At the bottom "LAVAREDO" On head a mountain logo inside a circle. Letters stamped inside read "INTERALP". On metal parts of shaft "MADE IN ITALY" and a diamond with "CAMP" inside and the letters "D CN FD &" at each point.

Colour

brown

Maker

Interalp

Object Production Place

Italy

Provenance

CAMP is basically a large mountaineering equipment manufacturing company who make their own brand and other people's on licence. Not sure what 'D CN FD &' on the label means but 'Lavaredo' is the 'model' named after an area in the Dolomites. This particular hammer is one that Mick Tighe collected somewhere along the way.

Acquisition Date

11/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Normal Location

Bohuntin

Current Location

Bohuntin

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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