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.