Snow Goggles, Inuit, North America, 1801-1900
Wooden snow goggles, with 2 slits incorporating eye shade, Inuit (originally described as 'Eskimo'), c.1801-1900
Wooden snow goggles and case
- Made:
- 1801-1900 in North America
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Wooden snow goggle case, containing 2 pairs of snow goggles
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wooden snow goggle case featuring painted scene on inner lid, containing 2 pairs of snow goggles, Inuit (originally described as 'Eskimo'), c.1801-1900
A wooden case and two pairs of snow goggles made by the Inuit people of the Arctic region of North America, c. 1801-1900. The Inuit first developed this type of snow goggles about 2000 years ago to protect the wearer against snow blindness.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A645437
- type:
- snow goggles and snow goggle cases
Parts
Snow Goggles, Inuit, North America, 1801-1900
Oval wooden snow goggles, Inuit (originally described as 'Eskimo'), c.1801-1900
Wooden Case for Snow Goggles, Inuit, North America, 1801-1900
Wooden case for snow goggles case featuring painted scene on inner lid showing dwelling, sledge, canoe and sailing boat, Inuit (originally described as 'Eskimo'), c.1801-1900
