Cape Darby, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1880
Notes:
FROM CARD: "SNOW GOGGLES.---MADE OF A SINGLE PIECE OF SPRUCE WOOD. THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS ARE THE VISOR, THE ELLIPTICAL EYE SLITS, THE GROOVE TO FIT THE NOSE, THE CONCAVITIES ON THE BACK SIDE. FASTENED WITH SINEW AND RAWHIDE STRING. LENGTH, 5 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 1/4 INCHES. ESKIMO, CAPE DARBY, ALASKA. 44,257. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON. WORN BY THE NATIVES TO PREVENT SNOW BLINDNESS AND OPTHALMIA, WHICH ARE PRODUCED BY THE REFLECTION OF THE SUNLIGHT FROM THE MIST ARISING FROM THE MELTING OF SNOW. INVENTORIED 1975."
