Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Goggles
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Accession no.: | Y: 72/18/58 | ||||||||
Object name: | Goggles | ||||||||
Title: | Goggles | ||||||||
Description: | Inuit slit-wood goggles, collected by Sir Wilfred Grenfell in 1909-1910 from an Inuit burial place in Northern Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, thought to date from around 1780. Goggles of similar design were still used by the Inuit until quite recently. | ||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||
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Wood. Carved with convex surface on exterior; concave on interior. Ridge projects above and to the sides of irregular shaped holes for the eyes. U-shaped depression on the interior to accommodate the nose. Surface irregularly blackened. Two holes on each side of eyes for attachment to wearer. |
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