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Salewa Sticht Plate

Accession Number

496.2008.1

Object Name

Salewa Sticht Plate

Created

25/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

25/11/2008

Brief Description

'Sticht' plate. Single 11mm belay device. Circular with circular spring. Elliptical hole on top and also small round hole. Clip on side of top.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

6.5(diameter) x 5(h)cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On top reads "11MM STICHT SEILBREMSE D.B.P.a SALEWA MADE IN WEST GERMANY"

Colour

silver

Maker

Salewa

Object Production Place

West Germany

Provenance

Belay plates, or 'auto belayers' as they were sometimes called, took over from body belays around 1975 in the UK, a few years earlier on the continent. Fritz Sticht invented this version in the late 1960's and it was manufactured by Salewa. For a decade or so these plates were almost universal in their use, to the point where just about any belay plate, whatever its real name, was called a 'sticht plate'. some had two holes to take two ropes, and they could be different sizes, i.e. 11mm and 9mm. This one is single 11mm and belonged to Mick Tighe.

Acquisition Date

25/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Normal Location

Bohuntin

Current Location

Bohuntin

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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