Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21 Sep 2022

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A pair of Inuit snow goggles

£1,500 - £2,000 £1,500

A pair of Inuit snow goggles

Arctic

bone, of zoomorphic transformation form with a ridged brow and curved eye slits, the sides with attachment holes,

15.2cm wide, on a stand. (2)

cf. The Smithsonian Institute, USNM Number E48996-0 collected by E W Nelson from Sabotnisky, Yukon River, in 1882.

These goggles are carved in the form of an animal mask, probably that of a fox. Arctic foxes have good eyesight for hunting on land and sea ice, a quality that may have been intended to transfer to the owner whilst wearing them.

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