Snow Goggles, Wooden
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "36351-2. #36351: BOAT SHAPED PIECE OF WOOD IN WHICH THE TWO EYE CAVITIES ARE DEEP AND DISTINCT, AND ARE LEFT WIDE OPEN IN FRONT AS FOR THE INSERTION OF GLASS. THIS SPECIMEN AND ITS COMPANION #37351 ARE UNIQUE IN THIS REGARD. NO EVIDENCE OF GLASS IS APPARENT IN THESE SPECIMENS, THOUGH THEY HAVE SEEN A GREAT DEAL OF USE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO GUESS WHY THE EYE SLIT SHOULD BE LEFT SO WIDE OPEN, FOR THERE IS NO PROTECTION TO BE PLACED IN FRONT. LENGTH 6 1/2 INCHES. KUCHUNUK. #36351 - ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LXIV-14; P. 166 ALSO IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 31; P. 301."
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=550 , retrieved 10-26-2021; see web page for additional information: Snow goggles, Yup'ik. These well-used goggles have large eye openings and are blackened with soot inside to eliminate reflections. Representations of snow goggles, or perhaps the soot rings they leave around the eyes, appear on ceremonial masks, where they may symbolize enhanced spiritual vision.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kushunuk (Qissunaq), Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36351-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Goggles
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25.5 cm