- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wax; cardboard;
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0007 a-d
- Description
- A collection of four various ski waxes. a) “ASCENT-DESCENT M 2”. A red metal canister with a yellow lid and yellow triangle and circle on the main body of the canister. The triangle is filled with a blue downhill skier. In the circle is “2” in blue writing. The rest of the text on the canister is b…
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- Title
- Ski Wax
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wax; cardboard;
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
- Description
- A collection of four various ski waxes. a) “ASCENT-DESCENT M 2”. A red metal canister with a yellow lid and yellow triangle and circle on the main body of the canister. The triangle is filled with a blue downhill skier. In the circle is “2” in blue writing. The rest of the text on the canister is blue. There is text with instructions on the body of the canister in English. An almost black wax within the canister.b)”BRATLIE” A yellow, blue, and cream coloured cardboard ski wax. There is illustrations of skiers in the blue and cream square of the body. There is a silver metal lid. There is text all over the body in Norwegian and English. 5.1 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm c) “DUNZINGER-SKI-WAX”. A white metal canister of ski wax with deep blue illustrations and text in English. The front of the canister reads “DUNZINGER-SKI-WAX THE BEST WAX FOR TOURING AND SPORTING ONE SORT ONLY FOR DESCENT AND ASCENT”. There is text with instructions. The wax inside the canister is a deep brown colour. 6.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 cma) - c) Wax is pushed up from the bottom of the canisters and tubes. d) “GRAPHIT-PARAFFIN A-X HURLIMANN & CO” A black cardboard box of ski wax with yellow text. More text along the box in yellow including instructions. Inside the box is a black colour block of wax. 4.0 x 7.3 x 2.0 cm.
- Subject
- ski
- skiing
- winter
- wax
- equipment;
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Gourlay, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0007 a-d
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