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Ice pitons by Stubai

Accession Number

1692.2022.1

Object Name

Ice pitons by Stubai

Created

08/12/2022

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

08/12/2022

Brief Description

Ice pitons x3

Materials

steel

Dimensions

a-26.5(L) b- 25.5(L) c- 20(L) cms

Number Of Objects

3

Inscription Description

"MADE IN AUSTRIA" on two of them

Colour

silver

Maker

Stubai

Object Production Place

Austria

Provenance

‘Hammer in ‘ - ‘Chop out’ was the way to place and remove these early forms of protection on ice. The problem was getting into a position safe enough to hammer one in though once they were in to good ice they were ‘ bomb proof’ as the saying goes.
Ice pitons started to appear in the 1930’s, often made at home or by the local blacksmith.
The Austrian company, Stubai, saw a market so started making them in the 1950’s and the ones we have here in the collection are from that time. Their reign as kings of the ice was short since the first ice screws appeared in the 1960’s consigning these lumps of steel to history.

Acquisition Date

08/12/2022

Condition Check Date

08/12/2022

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

08/12/2022

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