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Wooden Wedges

Accession Number

548.2008.1

Object Name

Wooden Wedges

Created

27/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

27/11/2008

Brief Description

Two wooden wedges on blue nylon rope.

Materials

wood, nylon

Dimensions

One is 22(l) x 5(w) x 4.5(d) cms. The other is 22(l) x 4(w) x 3.5(d)

Number Of Objects

2

Colour

brown

Provenance

Wooden wedges were a form of large piton and were used in the often larger cracks on sandstone cliffs, a prime example being The Old Man of Hoy. There was an added advantage on sea cliffs/ stacks since steel pitons rotted very quickly in salt laden, sea air, whereas wooden wedges didn't. You'll find a wooden wedge elsewhere in the collection which was removed from The Old Man of Hoy almost 50 years after it was first placed.
Wooden wedges were not common and were only around for a brief period in the 1960/70's which is when the two we have here in the collection were hewn from a tree - ash or oak.
They came from the store of the Joint Services Mountain Training Centre in Fort George and having never been used, they were destined for a skip - Mick Tighe salvaged them.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

27/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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