Snow goggles

Museum number:
2-5728
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-818 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden eye protector with broad shield; red and black paint; rawhide tie. Carved wood; visor shaped with a single long slit; rawhide string; painted black on concave side and on visor; lower part and rim red. Lower section broken on both sides and repaired with wooden pegs.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Rawhide
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
2-4556
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 12.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1991-1992 #32: The Exploratorium (June 22, 1992–January 11, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-5728, described as Wooden eye protector with broad shield; red and black paint; rawhide tie. Carved wood; visor shaped with a single long slit; rawhide string; painted black on concave side and on visor; lower part and rim red. Lower section broken on both sides and repaired with wooden pegs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-5728, described as Wooden eye protector with broad shield; red and black paint; rawhide tie. Carved wood; visor shaped with a single long slit; rawhide string; painted black on concave side and on visor; lower part and rim red. Lower section broken on both sides and repaired with wooden pegs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-5728, described as Wooden eye protector with broad shield; red and black paint; rawhide tie. Carved wood; visor shaped with a single long slit; rawhide string; painted black on concave side and on visor; lower part and rim red. Lower section broken on both sides and repaired with wooden pegs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-5728, described as Wooden eye protector with broad shield; red and black paint; rawhide tie. Carved wood; visor shaped with a single long slit; rawhide string; painted black on concave side and on visor; lower part and rim red. Lower section broken on both sides and repaired with wooden pegs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-5728, described as Wooden eye protector with broad shield; red and black paint; rawhide tie. Carved wood; visor shaped with a single long slit; rawhide string; painted black on concave side and on visor; lower part and rim red. Lower section broken on both sides and repaired with wooden pegs.

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