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Stubai North Wall Hammer

Accession Number

1599.2021.1

Object Name

Stubai North Wall Hammer

Created

24/03/2021

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

24/03/2021

Brief Description

Wooden shafted Stubai North Wall hammer with serrated pick.

Materials

wood, metal

Dimensions

38(L) cms Head 24(L) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"STUBAI" inside a diamond on the head

Colour

silver, brown

Maker

Stubai

Object Production Place

Austria

Provenance

Stubai are an Austrian company that began life way back in the mists of time when a group of local blacksmiths got together, in a kind of consortium, to make agricultural machinery.
When the Golden Age of mountaineering came along in the 1860/70’s they diversified a little and started making ice axes for the early alpinistes.
Production expanded along with the sport of mountaineering and a variety of products appeared on the market as time went by.
This hammer was one of them. It dates from the 1950’s and like many ice tools from that era it has been shortened and the pick ‘drooped’ a little to make it easier to use on the steep ice climbs of the era.
Not quite sure where this one came from as we found it buried in a box of junk so thanks to the previous owner in absentia.

Acquisition Date

24/03/2021

Condition Check Date

24/03/2021

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

24/03/2021

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