Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 256
An Inuit pair of snow goggles Arctic bone showing a zoomorphic transformation with a ridged brow...
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £3400
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Description
An Inuit pair of snow goggles
Arctic
bone showing a zoomorphic transformation with a ridged brow and eye slits,
13cm wide, on a stand. (2)
See Smithsonian Institute, USNM number E48996-0, for a similar wooden pair collected from Sabotnisky, Yukon River.