Snow goggles

Museum number:
2-4553
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-699 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved wood with red-stained grooves around circular cut-outs for eyes; thong tie with fur adhering. Alaska commerical company #123.
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:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Introduced type, some have dark glass lenses.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4553, described as Carved wood with red-stained grooves around circular cut-outs for eyes; thong tie with fur adhering. Alaska commerical company #123.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4553, described as Carved wood with red-stained grooves around circular cut-outs for eyes; thong tie with fur adhering. Alaska commerical company #123.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4553, described as Carved wood with red-stained grooves around circular cut-outs for eyes; thong tie with fur adhering. Alaska commerical company #123.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4553, described as Carved wood with red-stained grooves around circular cut-outs for eyes; thong tie with fur adhering. Alaska commerical company #123.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow goggles, accession number 2-4553, described as Carved wood with red-stained grooves around circular cut-outs for eyes; thong tie with fur adhering. Alaska commerical company #123.

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