Wooden snow goggles with remains of leather strap. [El.B 24/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden snow goggles with remains of leather strap. [El.B 24/04/2012]
Long description: Wooden snow goggles with remains of leather strap. The object consists of a thin carved piece of wood with two horizontal slits for the eyes, a large recess for the top of the nose and a brim above the eyes. There are two perforations at each end, in which two fragments of tied leather strap remain. [JMC 31/7/2018]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; Arctic
Cultural groups: Inuit (Greenland); Inuit
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Sarah Constance Silver; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1906
Date collected: By 1906
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/1906
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Length: max 140 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Thick: max 33 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1906.20.1

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