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Date
1960 – 1970
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
108.04.1047 a-d
Description
Various shaped blades (a) 8.2x2.7x2.8, blade off to the side (b) 7.8x4.0x1.8, blade centered, tip turned down, "3" stamped on blade (c) 8.3x3.7x2.3, blade centered, "50"stamped on blade (d) 9.0x4.0x1.2, blade centered. "8" stamped on blade.
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Title
Climbing Piton
Date
1960 – 1970
Material
metal
Description
Various shaped blades (a) 8.2x2.7x2.8, blade off to the side (b) 7.8x4.0x1.8, blade centered, tip turned down, "3" stamped on blade (c) 8.3x3.7x2.3, blade centered, "50"stamped on blade (d) 9.0x4.0x1.2, blade centered. "8" stamped on blade.
Subject
sports
climbing
Chic Scott
Credit
Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 1987
Catalogue Number
108.04.1047 a-d
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Date
1960
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
108.04.1157
Description
A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’, an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there are two holes on the wider, thicker end for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “H G”.
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Title
Climbing Piton
Date
1960
Material
metal
Dimensions
3.0 x 3.1 cm
Description
A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’, an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there are two holes on the wider, thicker end for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “H G”.
Subject
sports
climbing
Hans Gmoser
Credit
Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
Catalogue Number
108.04.1157
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Date
1960
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
108.04.1159 a-d
Description
A carabiner with three pitons hanging from it:(a) an aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” in raised block lettering,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, on the other “BREVETTE S G D G”.(b) a met…
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Title
Climbing Piton
Date
1960
Material
metal
Description
A carabiner with three pitons hanging from it:(a) an aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” in raised block lettering,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, on the other “BREVETTE S G D G”.(b) a metal piton (14.5x3.3cm wide) with the blade, instead of being flat, is positioned slightly sideways; engraved in script on the ‘handle’ portion “Charlet Moser” in block letters “CHAMONIX” . There is a white shop label glued on one side of the blade, in blue lettering “3 7 Premier Cycle & Sports 110 F”.(c) a trowel-shaped vertical piton (11.5x3.0cm), thin flat blade and high raised ‘handle’. This type of knife or blade was very popular in the Rockies. Commonly called the ‘Ace of Spades’. Raised “0” on the blade and “R. CASSIN” on viewer’s right and “ITALY” on the other. an “0” on the top part of the blade. Remnants of a piece of tape “1/74” indiscernable.(d) a hand-forged horizontal piton with a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. ‘LOST”, the diamond-shaped logo, “ARROW”.
Subject
sports
climbing
Hans Gmoser
Credit
Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
Catalogue Number
108.04.1159 a-d
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Date
1960
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
108.04.1161 a-c
Description
A carabiner with two pitons attached:(a) a thick, soft iron D-ring carabiner (10.3x6.7cm wide) with a hinged gate, but no safety bar. Stencilled in “H G”, followed by engraved “CASSIN” surrounded by part oval logo.(b) a horizontal piton (16.5cmx4.0cm wide) made out of soft iron, with a flat blade a…
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Title
Climbing Piton
Date
1960
Material
metal
Description
A carabiner with two pitons attached:(a) a thick, soft iron D-ring carabiner (10.3x6.7cm wide) with a hinged gate, but no safety bar. Stencilled in “H G”, followed by engraved “CASSIN” surrounded by part oval logo.(b) a horizontal piton (16.5cmx4.0cm wide) made out of soft iron, with a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. Engraved on the handle “AUSTRIA STUBAI”. A yellow sales label with black printing “BAROTTO CALGARY “$1.10 EA”. Hand printed in green ink “VERTICAL”.(c) a vertical piton (16.5x3.8cm wide) made out of soft iron, with flat blade and handle, engraved “MADE IN AUSTRIA STUBAI” remnants of a shop’s yellow sales label with black lettering “BAROTTO CALGAR” with the Y partially missing.
Subject
sports
climbing
Hans Gmoser
Credit
Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
Catalogue Number
108.04.1161 a-c
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0241
Description
A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part…
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Title
Purse
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
skin; fibre
Dimensions
25.0 x 8.5 x 30.0 cm
Description
A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part of it is sinew. The bag contains a piece of sinew.
Subject
Indigenous
figure
papoose
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0241
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