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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
Object Name
Snow goggles
Media/Materials
Baleen, sinew
Techniques
Laced, carved
Object Type
Personal items
Place
Point Hope; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Date created
circa 1890
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.