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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1011
- Description
- Long varnished hickory staff with cast iron crook. Crook is painted black and designed to resemble tip of ibex horn. 8.5 cm metal collar around bottom with 4.0 sturdy spike at end. Stamped into bottom of collar "Geze Hulsenfitze L.P.F."
- Title
- Alpenstock
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 160.0 cm
- Description
- Long varnished hickory staff with cast iron crook. Crook is painted black and designed to resemble tip of ibex horn. 8.5 cm metal collar around bottom with 4.0 sturdy spike at end. Stamped into bottom of collar "Geze Hulsenfitze L.P.F."
- Credit
- Gift of George Vaux, Philadelphia, USA, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1011
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1026 a,b
- Description
- Long wooden shafts with metal crooks and spikes. (a) Painted black crook, some paint worn off. 2.7 cm wide silver band with emblem of boot and alpenstock and SLTH CR, screwed on to shaft. "Birks Sterling" stamped on bottom edge, round spike. 8.6 wide metal collar, 2 copper nails at top edge. (b…
- Title
- Alpenstock
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 162.0 cm
- Description
- Long wooden shafts with metal crooks and spikes. (a) Painted black crook, some paint worn off. 2.7 cm wide silver band with emblem of boot and alpenstock and SLTH CR, screwed on to shaft. "Birks Sterling" stamped on bottom edge, round spike. 8.6 wide metal collar, 2 copper nails at top edge. (b) same as (a) but without silver band. "Geze Hulsenfitze C.P.F." stamped on metal spike end.
- Credit
- Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1026 a,b
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- Date
- 1933 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1023
- Description
- Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers e…
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1933 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 94.0 cm
- Description
- Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers emblem of alpenstock and with SLTH CR, "W" incised into handle
- Credit
- Gift of Yves Muselle, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1023
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Hiking Alpenstock
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- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1006
- Description
- Sam Ward's alpenstock with hickory staff and cast iron crook. Crook painted black and designed to resemble tip of ibex horn. 8.5 cm metal collar around bottom with 4.0 cm spike at end. Varnish on staff scraped away near top and a faint impression reading "Sam Ward" can be discerned. Stamped int…
- Title
- Hiking Alpenstock
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 160.5 cm
- Description
- Sam Ward's alpenstock with hickory staff and cast iron crook. Crook painted black and designed to resemble tip of ibex horn. 8.5 cm metal collar around bottom with 4.0 cm spike at end. Varnish on staff scraped away near top and a faint impression reading "Sam Ward" can be discerned. Stamped into bottom of collar "Geze Hulsenfitze C.P.F."
- Credit
- Gift of Sam Ward, Banff, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1006
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