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Skis.

Accession Number

680.2008.1

Object Name

Skis.

Created

17/12/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

17/12/2008

Brief Description

Pair of Icelandic wooden skis with metal edges and complete cable binding. Holes in tips.

Materials

wood, metal, leather

Dimensions

205(l) cms At widest part 9(w) cms

Number Of Objects

1 pair

Inscription Description

Circle on tip with "TRESMIDJAN FJOLNIR REYKJAVIK" inside. On bindings "CHALET HARVEY E DODDS"
"2083" on ski.

Colour

brown

Maker

Tresmidjan

Object Production Place

Iceland

Provenance

These are a lovely set of skis which seem to have been made by an Icelandic woodworking company in Reykjavik(literally translated Tresmidjan is a tree-smith or wood worker. Dating from around the 1950's , this seems to fit in with the trend at the time whereby woodworkers, joiners and carpenters would put their skills to good use by producing skis to cater for what was a booming sport - skiing. Made from a single piece of wood which looks like oak, each ski would be shaped, probably by hand, with the tip turned up by steaming. We think the metal edges are a later addition. The binding is a little easier to pin down since Canadian Harvey Dodds patented the binding in 1934; so it looks like the Icelanders were importing Canadian bindings to put on their skis. Quite how the skis got from Iceland to Scotland and ultimately to us, we are not really sure - we are pleased that they got here though.

Acquisition Method

Part of collection passed on from Scottish Ski Club

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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