Yukłuktaak (snow goggles)
Yukłuktaak (snow goggles)

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Yukłuktaak (snow goggles),

ca. 1870

Alaskan Native
Historic
1998-505

Information

Title
Yukłuktaak (snow goggles)
Dates

ca. 1870

Medium
Spruce with red and black ocher
Dimensions
h. 5.4 cm., w. 12.5 cm., d. 7.3 cm. (2 1/8 x 4 15/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-505
Place Made

North America, Norton Sound

Place Excavated

North America, United States, Alaska, Provenance unknown

Culture
Native American
Period
Alaskan Native styles
Type
goggles
Materials
spruce, ocher, ivory
Subject
snow

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