Snow Goggles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SNOW GOGGLES.---MADE OF A SINGLE PIECE OF SPRUCE WOOD. THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS ARE THE VISOR, THE ELLIPTICAL EYE SLITS, THE GROOVE TO FIT THE NOSE, THE CONCAVITIES ON THE BACK SIDE. FASTENED WITH SINEW AND RAWHIDE STRING. LENGTH, 5 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 1/4 INCHES. ESKIMO, CAPE DARBY, ALASKA. 44,257. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON. WORN BY THE NATIVES TO PREVENT SNOW BLINDNESS AND OPTHALMIA, WHICH ARE PRODUCED BY THE REFLECTION OF THE SUNLIGHT FROM THE MIST ARISING FROM THE MELTING OF SNOW. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Darby, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E44257-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Goggles
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.17 cm