Snow Goggles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT.1; PL. LXIV-8, P.166. 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN." FROM CARD: "44256-7. #44256 - ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LXIV-8; P. 166. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=573 , retrieved 12-17-2021; see web page for additional information: Snow goggles, Inupiaq. As the amount of sunshine increased in late winter and spring, people wore goggles to protect themselves from snow-blindness. This painful and debilitating condition occurs when strong ultraviolet light reflects from snow and ice, burning the retinas. Goggles have narrow slits that reduce the amount of light that can reach the wearer's eyes; on this pair, there is also a carved visor for shade.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Darby, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E44256-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Goggles