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snow goggles

Artifact NumberIX-C:2846
Current Cultural AffiliationsInuit
All AffiliationsInuit
Category03: personal artifacts
03: personal artifacts
Sub-categoryC160: personal gear
C140: clothing accessory
Place of OriginCountry - Canada, Province - Nunavut
MeasurementsHeight 41.1 mm, Width 114.9 mm, Thickness 11.8 mm
Earliest Possible Date1000
Latest Possible Date1600
CaptionPrehistoric Inuit Snow-Goggles, circa 1200
Additional InformationThe ivory snow-goggles, designed to protect the wearer from snow-blindness while hunting or travelling on spring ice, were found in an early Inuit house in the eastern Arctic.
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5217046
330043
CD97-320
S95-32575
330046
CD97-320
S95-32576
125278
CD94-686
S89-1832
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