Objects Database

Ice Axe

Accession Number

640.2008.1

Object Name

Ice Axe

Created

10/12/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

10/12/2008

Brief Description

Ice axe with wooden shaft, smooth pick and narrow adze. No ferrule.

Materials

wood, metal

Dimensions

Shaft 35(l) x 7(cir)cms. Head 25.5(l) cms. Adze 2.5(w)cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Underneath adze reads "DAVATZAB"

Colour

brown

Provenance

Given to Mick Tighe as a present,in Summer 2003, from Jane & Neville Kale. Bought in Lucerne in Galerie zum Hof. Axe supposedly belonged to a man called Martin Hurrein.

Acquisition Date

10/12/2008

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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