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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