Snow goggles

Museum number:
2-4552
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-698 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Red-stained wood, rawhide thong tie. Alaska commercial #123.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used to protect the eyes from snow & ice glare in spring.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 14 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Inua, p. 101.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4552, described as Red-stained wood, rawhide thong tie. Alaska commercial #123.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4552, described as Red-stained wood, rawhide thong tie. Alaska commercial #123.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4552, described as Red-stained wood, rawhide thong tie. Alaska commercial #123.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4552, described as Red-stained wood, rawhide thong tie. Alaska commercial #123.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4552, described as Red-stained wood, rawhide thong tie. Alaska commercial #123.

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