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Customised Stubai ice axe

Accession Number

211.2008.1

Object Name

Customised Stubai ice axe

Created

21/10/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

21/10/2008

Brief Description

Customised Stubai ice axe. Wooden shortened shaft with metal at base. One hole in middle of head . Adze, serrated drooping pick. Pointed spike on ferrule with four flat sides .

Materials

wood, metal

Dimensions

Shaft & ferrule 41(l) x 10(cir)cms. Head 27(l) cms. Adze 6 (w)cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Inscription stamped on one side of head reads
"MADE IN AUSTRIA ORIGINAL ASCHENBRENNER GES GESCH" Also mountain logo with "STUBAI" inside. On shaft, red and white striped label reads
"QUALITASERZEUGNISSE TYROL AUSTRIA" and also a blue mountain label with "STUBAI" inside.

Colour

silver, brown

Maker

Stubai

Object Production Place

Austria

Provenance

Donated by Phil Stevenson, one time member of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, this is a classic
(if not very good) example of the steep ice era around 1960/65 when technology hadn't quite caught up with technique and folk adapted ice-axes to climb ever steeper ice. This one has had the shaft shortened rather crudely, and the pick has been heated and drooped. You'll find some original, unadulterated ones elsewhere in the collection.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Phil Stevenson

Acquisition Date

21/10/2008

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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