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A wooden pair of snow goggles representing a seal or sea otter | Donald Ellis Gallery

Snow Goggles

Yup'ik
Southwest Alaska

late 19th / early 20th century

wood, paint, hide

height: 2"
length: 6"

Inventory # E4277

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These beautiful snow goggles are decorated to represent a marine mammal, possibly a seal or an otter.

PROVENANCE

Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, ON

EXHIBITED

Early Art and Artifacts of the Eskimo, Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, ON, 14-28 June, 1980

PUBLISHED

Early Art and Artifacts of the Eskimo IV, Toronto: Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1980, cat. 45

RELATED EXAMPLES

Fitzhugh, William and Kaplan, Susan. Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo. Washington:
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, pl. 91

Kaplan, Susan A. and Barsness, Kristin J. Raven’s Journey: The World of Alaska’s Native People.
Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1986, pl. 92