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MacInnes Massey Ice Hammer

Accession Number

576.2008.1

Object Name

MacInnes Massey Ice Hammer

Created

01/12/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

01/12/2008

Brief Description

Prototype 'MacInnes Massey' ice hammer. Metal shaft with rubber grip. Rectangular hammer head and serrated pick. One large and one small hole in head. Pointed ferrule.

Materials

metal, rubber

Dimensions

Shaft & ferrule 47(l) x 9(cir)cms. Head 22(l) cms. Hammer head 3(w)cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On one side of head "MCA". On othe side "MACINNES MASSEY MADE IN GT. BRITAIN PATENT APPLIED FOR"

Colour

silver, black, brown

Maker

MacInnes Massey

Object Production Place

Gt. Britain

Provenance

The initials 'MCA' engraved on this hammer are short for 'MacCartney' as in James MacCartney, known to all and sundry as Jim. According to his good friend, Dr Tom Patey, Jim was "an athletic ruddy-faced lad, as large as life and radiating enthusiasm like an open furnace."
Amongst many other mountain adventures, Jim worked with Hamish McInnes at the Glencoe School of Winter Mountaineering, which is most likely where he acquired this McInnes Massey hammer.
Jim died in an avalanche on Ben Nevis in 1970 along with his dear frind, Mary Ann Hudson. Friend and fellow instructor,Allen Fyffe, looked after Jim's hammer for a while after his death and eventually passed in on to us for which we are very grateful.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Allen Fyffe

Acquisition Date

01/12/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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