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Nylon tape slings

Accession Number

1120.2014.1(a-d)

Object Name

Nylon tape slings

Created

13/05/2014

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

13/05/2014

Brief Description

4 nylon tape slings

Materials

nylon

Dimensions

a & b - 2.5(w) cms c-4(w) cms d-2.59w) cms

Number Of Objects

4

Colour

blue, cream, orange

Provenance

Various types of rope have been a around pretty much since man began to walk on earth. Early versions were made from grass,straw,animal hair and various other plant life such as manilla, sisal and hemp. Silk ropes enjoyed a brief period of fame round about 1900, but it wasn't until the arrival of nylon that we started to see ropes similar to the ones we use today.
We are not quite sure when nylon ropes first appeared on the market, but think 1950's is about right, and it seems that nylon tape came along pretty soon after. It appears that a lot of early tape was tubular (as with the white one here in the collection) for strength, making the tape nice and wide and nice and thick, as with the orange and blue ones we have here, was another obvious way of gaining strength.
Early tape was knotted rather than sewn, to join it until stitching methods got strong enough to do the job.
One of the first companies to make extensive use of tape in the UK was Troll- the Troll Whillan's climbing harness being one, if not the first, - made from nylon tape sewn together on an industrial scale.
We thought this little 'gaggle' of slings was a nice little look at sling history.
Dating from the 1960's they were donated by Jim (Skooby) Paterson and Ian (IDS) Thomson. Check out various other slings in the collection.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Jim (Skooby) Paterson

Acquisition Date

13/05/2014

Condition Check Date

13/05/2014

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

13/05/2014

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