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Petzl headtorch

Accession Number

1005.2012.1

Object Name

Petzl headtorch

Created

29/08/2012

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

29/08/2012

Brief Description

Black Petzl headtorch and battery case with nylon headband

Materials

plastic, nylon

Dimensions

torch - 6(diameter) x 6(l) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"PETZL" on headband and "BREVETE PETZL 21 CROLLES38 190 " on battery case. Also "ZOOM"

Colour

black

Maker

Petzl

Object Production Place

France

Provenance

Fernand Petzl was a French caver who had a desire to improve the equipment being used by himself and his friends in the 1920's and 30's. With a guy called Pierre Chevalier, he produced various items of innovative gear throughout the 50's and 60's and in 1973 Produits Fernand Petzl produced their first mountaineering headlamp. Various forms of lanterns, torches, headlamps and the like had been around for centuries, but Petzl headlamps brought a certain sanity to moving around the mountains.
Petzl introduced the zoom version of their headlamp(as we have here) in 1981 and we suspect this one dates from the late 1980's when just about everybody had one - you could even buy your non-mountaineering relatives one for Christmas as they were bound to find a use for it!
This one once belonged to Mick Tighe's Mountain Guiding Company, Nevis Guides, and became redundant - along with millions of others - when LED torches came along.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

29/08/2012

Condition Check Date

29/08/2012

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

29/08/2012

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