Snow Goggles

Reference : 6255

Sitka spruce wood (Picea sitchensis), leather
. Dimensions: 14.8 x 3.6 cm
Historical period
. Presumed date:^19th century or earlier
. Yupik people
. Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island
. Alaska, USA

. Provenance:
Neil Becker, New World Antiquities/Ancient Art of the Americas, West Harrison, New York
Private collection, Montreal

More details

These glasses were discovered in the permafrost by Neil Becker during excavations conducted in August 2004 at one of the^authorized archaeological sites¹^near the village of Gambell on Saint-Laurent Island

Note that these snow goggles, which have an “excavation” finish, feature a leather strip inside the eye holes.

1- Since January 1989, on St. Lawrence Island, the Old Gambell and Seklowaghyag sites have been removed from the National Register of Historic Places and may be excavated by Indigenous peoples. The Miyowagh, Hillside, and Ayveghyaget sites are considered to have ongoing research potential and therefore remain listed on the National Register.

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