Goggles Used By Capt. Hall
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1871
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Charles F. Hall
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. Charles F. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SNOW GOGGLES.--ANGULAR IN OUTLINE, DEEP EXCAVATIONS IN THE REAR FOR THE NOSE AND THE EYE-SLITS WHICH ARE TWO SEPARATE NARROW OPENINGS. VISOR PROJECTING AN INCH OVER THE EYESLITS FLAT ON TOP FASTENED WITH STRAP OF RAW HIDE AND SINEW CORD PASSING OVER THE TOP OF THE HEAD. THESE WERE WORN BY CAPT. HALL IN HIS HEAD. THESE WERE WORN BY CAPT. HALL IN HIS ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS. THIS ANGULAR FORM CONSTITUTES A TYPE PECULIAR TO THE CUMBERLAND GULF REGION AND SIMILAR TO IT ARE NO. 10,292 (COLLECTED BY CAPT. HALL) AND NO. 29,976-77-78 (COLLECTED BY MR. MINTZER) AND ALSO THOUGH MUCH RUDE [sic] IN FORM NOS. 90,178-79-80-81 FROM UNGAVA NORTH LABRADOR COLLECTED BY L. M. TURNER. THESE SPECIMENS CAN BE FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. WIDTH OF SPECIMEN NO. 10,200 5 3/4 INCHES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 002157
label: USNM Number
content: E10200-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Goggles
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 14.61 cm