Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0042

Category: Goggles - Snow Goggles

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Wood

Description: Very nicely carved snow goggles, with narrow slits, designed to protect the wearer's eyes from the slant of the sun off snow and ice, particularly in the spring of the year.

Dimensions: Length 5.50 inches; Width 1.75 inches

Provenance:

Paul Gray, Old Chatham, N.Y.

Exhibitions:

Lure of the Arctic, Cincinnati Art Museum, October 2007 - January 2008

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