Snow Goggles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Dec 1882
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 170, p. 175 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press.
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 http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=164 , retrieved 8-31-2012: Snow goggles, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Koniag. íngihsún "snow goggles" - Language: Koniag Sugpiaq (Alaska Peninsula dialect) These goggles project well out from the face and have a single large opening; they are painted black inside to reduce reflections. They may have been worn for spring caribou or bear hunting, both important for Sugpiaq communities on the Alaska Peninsula.
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska Peninsula / Bristol Bay / Ugashik River, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012209
label: USNM Number
content: E72515-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Goggles
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 13.5 cm