Snow goggles
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected during the Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924), led by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933); formerly in the collection of the Nationalmuseet (National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Nationalmuseet in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/2636
- Barcode
- 162636.000
- Culture/People
- Netsilingmiut Inuit (Netsilik)
- Expedition
- Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924)
- Previous owner
- Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
- Expedition leader
- Knud Rasmussen (Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen), Non-Indian/Kalaallit [Greenland], 1879-1933
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Snow goggles
- Media/Materials
- Wood, wool cloth, sinew
- Techniques
- Carved, braided, tied
- Place
- Near Pelly Bay; Kugaaruk (Pelly Bay); Kitkmeot Region (Qitirmiut); Nunavut; Canada
- See related items
- Netsilingmiut Inuit (Netsilik)
- Personal items
- Record ID
- NMAI_174360
