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Child's Ice Axe (handmade)

Accession Number

1561.2020.1

Object Name

Child's Ice Axe (handmade)

Created

21/08/2020

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

21/08/2020

Brief Description

Wooden shafted homemade child's ice axe with serrated pick

Materials

wood, metal

Dimensions

Shaft 21(L) cms Head 21(L) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Hand engraved "MARK SCOTT 8TH MAY 1975"

Colour

brown, silver

Provenance

Gerry Peet was a mountaineer, a member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club and for many years custodian of the C.I.C. Hut on Ben Nevis. Seems he was also pretty good with wood and metal too as he made this lovely little axe for his son, Duncan, in 1958. When Duncan outgrew his wee axe it was sold to his pal, Roy Scott...it is Roy’s son, Mark, whose name is engraved on the pick ...see picture opposite.
Time moved on and in a roundabout way the axe made its way back to the Peets and ultimately to us when Duncan was having a clearout.
Thanks all round..nice little story, nice little axe.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Duncan Peet

Acquisition Date

21/08/2020

Condition Check Date

21/08/2020

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

21/08/2020

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