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Ice tool

Accession Number

609.2008.1

Object Name

Ice tool

Created

04/12/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

04/12/2008

Brief Description

Very rare ice tool. Wooden shaft and iron head. Smooth pick. Adze. Very small hole through bottom of shaft.

Materials

iron, wood

Dimensions

Shaft 30.7(l) x 10.5(cir)cms. Head 25.5(l) cms. Adze 5(w)cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Colour

brown

Provenance

This much spoken about ice tool was made by a Cambuslang blacksmith in 1930's and immortalized by W.H. Murray in his book " Undiscovered Scotland "

Acquisition Method

Donated by Douglas Scott

Acquisition Date

04/12/2008

Reference

Douglas Scott was a stalwart of the Scottish Mountaineering Club. He died in 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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