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Snow Saw

Accession Number

1584.2021.1

Object Name

Snow Saw

Created

24/01/2021

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

24/01/2021

Brief Description

Wooden handled snow saw with canvas cover

Materials

Metal, wood, canvas

Dimensions

Handle 13x15 cms. Saw. 48 x 7.5 cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On canvas cover “GLENMORE LODGE. GL 2”

Colour

Silver, brown, cream

Provenance

The Inuit people of Northern Canada and Greenland are probably the first people who come to mind when we think of snow saws and igloos; not students on a winter course at Glenmore Lodge, Scotland’s national outdoor centre.
The Inuit made their saws/ knives out of whale and caribou bone with notches cut out for teeth.
We are told these metal ones were made in Norway, used by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and, as we can see by the cover, Glenmore Lodge in the 1960/70’s.
Students would use them to make igloos and snowholes as part of their survival training in case of emergency.
Not sure why, but Glenmore Lodge stopped using this type of saw in the 1980’s and we managed to salvage this one.

Acquisition Date

24/01/2021

Condition Check Date

24/01/2021

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

24/01/2021

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