The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
732.2009.1
Ski skins
21/01/2009
Hermione Cooper
21/01/2009
Pair of mohair ski skins. Canvas backed with canvas and leather straps and metal buckles.
mohair, canvas, leather, metal
175(l) x 6(w)cms
1 pair
Attached label reads "NAPIER FAMILY MOHAIR SKINS USED IN SCOTLAND c.1962 - 1970"
beige
Used by Napier Family c.1962-1970
The extract and diagram opposite from the 1946 Air Ministry pamphlet 'Living Below Zero' tells us what we need to know about these skins.
passed on from Scottish Ski Club
01/12/2008
SSC - Napier Family Collection
28/04/2009
Bohuntin
Bohuntin
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009