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Cassin Channel Ice Piton

Accession Number

153.2008.1

Object Name

Cassin Channel Ice Piton

Created

15/10/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

15/10/2008

Brief Description

Cassin channel ice piton. Round hanger which is attached through hole in solid body. Hollowed out cylinder shape, rounded at bottom.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

28(l) x 4.5(w) x 2(d) cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Inside hollow body reads "CASSIN ITALY 85"

Colour

silver with flecks of yellow paint

Maker

Cassin

Object Production Place

Italy

Provenance

Ice pitons, or pegs, were the earliest form of protection when ice climbing and whilst we are sure that people were knocking lumps of metal into lumps of ice for centuries, the first commercially produced versions appeared in the late 1950's with the German, Salewa and Austrian, Stubai being the main producers. While giving a good safe anchor when driven in to good ice they had to be hacked back out again - a lengthy and tiring procedure. This particular one was donated by Jane O'Donovan, having belonged to her late husband, Roger.One of them would have cost you 60p in 1974.

Acquisition Date

15/10/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Normal Location

Bohuntin

Current Location

Bohuntin

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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