Snow goggles

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Date created: circa 1890

Culture/People: Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
Possible collector: Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Previous owner: Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948; Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952
Donor: Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948; Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952

Collection History: Possibly collected by Alonzo Eugene Austin (1868-1948, a New York City doctor of homeopathy who spent his boyhood in Alaska as the son of Presbyterian missionary parents); donated to MAI by Dr. Austin and his wife Sarah Hall Austin (1871-1952) in 1930.
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Place: Point Hope; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/8228
Barcode: 168228.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Snow goggles
Media/Materials: Baleen, sinew
Techniques: Laced, carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66404d630-fc94-4845-8c82-dd2bd53b3adb

Record ID: NMAI_180228