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Carved wood, sinew
Dimensions: Length 12.5 cm
Presumed date of origin: 19th century
Inupiaq or Yup’ik culture
Alaska, USA
Provenance:
Private collection, Alaska
Collection Hugo Bregeau, Paris
Collection Julien Flak, Paris, Aix en Provence
These goggles, called Igauget in Alaskan Yup’ik dialects, were sculpted to fit the face as closely as possible and to keep light to a minimum, hence the thin openings at eye level.
The width of these openings had a direct influence on the width of the field of vision. The smaller the field of vision, the greater the visual acuity.
Price: €9,500
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