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Ski baskets

Accession Number

736.2009.1(a-b)

Object Name

Ski baskets

Created

21/01/2009

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

21/01/2009

Brief Description

Pair of beech and leather ski baskets and pair of aluminium and leather baskets. Beech pair are round and aluminium pair are in a flower shape. Sticks used in Scotland 1959-1969 but predate this.

Materials

beech, aluminium, leather

Dimensions

beech - 17 ( diameter ) cms aluminium - 15( diameter )cms

Number Of Objects

2 pairs

Colour

brown, silver

Provenance

Scottish skiers often made their own ski poles in the good old days - some made skis too. The poles were often pretty fragile and broke quite easily as did many of the early production poles.It was therefore common to strip the 'spare parts' off a broken pole and transfer them onto a new one. Baskets themselves would break, of course, and early ski parties would always carry spares.
The Napier family, who previously owned these baskets, obviously kept them as spares in the shed, or on the hill. The wooden ones probably date from the 1930's and could be home made whilst aluminium ones seem to be production versions from the 1950's.

Acquisition Method

passed on from Scottish Ski Club

Acquisition Date

01/12/2008

Reference

SSC - Napier Family Collection

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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