Lot Essay
Most Eskimo show goggles have thin elongated slits as eye holes. Here, the indegenous use of a pierced strip of baleen to shield the wearer from the glare of the sun also provided a brader field of vision.
Details
A PAIR OF ESKIMO WOOD SNOW GOGGLES
The wood visor of rectangular form, curved at the edges, mounted in front with a baleen strip pegged in place with ivory, engraved with two diamond forms, each pierced with round holes, in the center an ivory seal head with round eyes, the mouth conjoined arcs with whiskers above, 4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) wide
The wood visor of rectangular form, curved at the edges, mounted in front with a baleen strip pegged in place with ivory, engraved with two diamond forms, each pierced with round holes, in the center an ivory seal head with round eyes, the mouth conjoined arcs with whiskers above, 4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) wide
Provenance
Kegel and Konietzco, Hamburg