Snow Goggles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1962
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE OUT OF TAN FOSSILIZED BONE & ARE CARVED TO FIT THE HUMAN FACE W/ CURVING ENDS TO HUG THE FACE W/ BORED HOLE AT EACH END (FOR CORD THAT SECURES GOGGLES TO HEAD). THE FRONT HAS EYE SLITS W/ A NOTCH FOR THE NOSE. THE BACK HAS RECESSED SOCKETS & A SEPTUM IN THE MIDDLE. CONDITIONS: FRONT IS SMOOTH, POLISHED. BACK IS ROUGHER. RIGHT EYE SLIT IS CRACKED AT END W/ SOME LOSSES. SNOW GOGGLES ARE USED IN THE SPRING TO PREVENT SNOW BLINDNESS (NELSON 1983:169). PURCHASED FROM PETE SAVOLIC, INUPIAT ESKIMO, IN POINT BARROW.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: North Alaskan Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: A553278-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Goggles
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm