Objects Database

Piton hammer

Accession Number

320.2008.1

Object Name

Piton hammer

Created

11/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

11/11/2008

Brief Description

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

Materials

metal, wood

Dimensions

Shaft 25.5(l) x 10(cir)cms. Head 9.5(l) cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On head unfinished ellipse with "CASSIN" inside. Also "ITALY"

Colour

brown, silver

Maker

Cassin

Object Production Place

Italy

Provenance

This is one of the many piton hammers that we have in the collection and we are not sure who the donor was, so thanks in absentia. Ricardo Cassin was a legendary Italian Alpiniste (1909-2009) who also produced mountaineering equipment such as this hammer.
Modern firms of rock climbing protection such as wired wedges, small cams and tiny nuts have assigned pitons to the history books almost, and with them go the hammers that knocked them in - fortunately we've salvaged this one and several others for the collection.

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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