Wooden snow goggles

Made:
Arctic Ocean
Wooden snow goggles

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Wooden snow goggles, with 2 slits, incorporating metal eye shade, Inuit peoples (originally recorded as 'Eskimo')

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A300756
Materials:
wood, sinew, rawhide and metal
Measurements:
length 137 mm
height 27 mm
slits: length 40 mm
slits: height 2 mm
eye shade: length 30 mm
eye shade: depth 8 mm
type:
snow goggles