Bindings, ski
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1875
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0160.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Made of soft metal.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 23.5 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Expedition artifacts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Recovered from campsite of H.M.S. Alert (Headed by Capt. Sir George Nares, 1875-76), the first vessel to land on the shores of northern Ellesmere Island. G. Hattersley-Smith & R.G. Blackadar discovered site 12 miles south of Cape Sheridan in 1953. - Function
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To attach boot to ski. - Technical
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Coil wraps around boot to hold foot in place on ski, which facilitates travel over deep snow. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- None apparent
- Finish
- Two coil springs. 'C' hook on one end. Coil spring extension is flexible and has some ability to stretch. Fair condition.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Bindings, ski, before 1875, Artifact no. 1973.0160, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0160.001/
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