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<< Back| Item Type: |
Object | |||
| Category: |
Object | |||
| EntryNumber: |
232a | |||
| AccessionNumber: |
217.2008.1 | |||
| AccessionDate: |
2008-07-04 | |||
| Name: |
Compass | |||
| Images: |
Entry232ai.JPG Entry232aii.JPG |
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| Brief Description: |
Compass, metal, (plastic, no makers mark, inscribed with Chinese characters, measuring scale in cm along one edge, wheel and gauge to measure distances on maps in real terms, also includes a clinometer, carrying ring, brown, silver, mirror. | |||
| Materials: |
metal, plastic | |||
| Dimensions: |
6.3 (w) x 15 (l) x 1.5(d) cm when fully opened | |||
| Number of Objects: |
1 | |||
| Inscription Description: |
inscribed with Chinese characters, measuring scale in cm along one edge | |||
| Colour: |
brown | |||
| Object Production Date: |
c.1950 | |||
| Provenance: |
Used by Sir John Hunt. | |||
| Normal Location: |
Mountain Heritage Trust | |||
| Current Location: |
Mountain Heritage Trust | |||
| AccessStatus: |
Open | |||
| Notes: |
Previously on display at the National Mountaineering Exhibition, Rheged. Removed from display April 2008. | |||
| Rules: |
Spectrum : the UK Museum documentation standard, 1997 | |||
| Access Points: |
Compass Equipment Hunt, Henry Cecil John, (1910-1998), Baron Hunt of Llanfairwaterdine |
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| Created: |
2005-11-25 00:00:00 | |||
| Creator: |
Maxine Willett | |||