Objects Database

Clog Bongs

Accession Number

278.2008.1

Object Name

Clog Bongs

Created

10/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

10/11/2008

Brief Description

Clog Bongs. One hole at top on either side.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

15(l) x 5(w) x 3(d) cms

Number Of Objects

3

Inscription Description

Ellipse with "CLOG" inside

Colour

silver

Maker

Clog

Object Production Place

Wales

Provenance

They call them bongs because of the noise made when you bang them into a crack.
Clog started making them in the 1960’s in an old cinema in Deniolen in North Wales.
The legendary Denny Moorehouse and his partner, Shirley Smith, were one of the first companies in the UK to make gear for rock climbers back then.
It seems that production was a little bit disorganised in the early days and there’s a nice little example here.
These bongs were basically a flat piece of steel, shaped, folded and pinned at the corner. Unfortunately, whoever folded one of these three, folded it the wrong way since the Clog logo is on the inside rather than the outside.

Acquisition Date

10/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Normal Location

Bohuntin

Current Location

Bohuntin

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

18/01/2023

Modifier

H Cooper

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