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Bill Booker's Ice Axe

Accession Number

1691.2022.1

Object Name

Bill Booker's Ice Axe

Created

08/12/2022

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

08/12/2022

Brief Description

Ice Axe with wooden shaft

Materials

metal, wood

Dimensions

shaft - 40(L) cms head 27(L) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Colour

silver, brown

Provenance

Bill Brooker was foremost in the new wave of exploratory Aberdonian climbersi n the pioneering days following the Second World War. Primarily, though not exclusively, he was a Cairngorms man with a glittering array of new climbs to his name; many of them winter ascents.
The axe we have here in the collection was Bill’s, kindly donated by his son, Ian. It is unusual, being hand-made and special since whoever made it did a very good job.
Unfortunately, we don’t know who that was though Bill’s son,Ian, suspects it may have been a Dougie Sutherland.
It looks like an axe made by Brades was the template as you can see in the comparison opposite - a fabulous piece of Scottish climbing history whatever.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Ian Brooker

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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