Inupiaq snow goggles made from ivory.
The small slits not only reduce glare and reflection, but they can actually improve vision.
The Inuit and Yupik peoples have made expertly designed snow goggles for centuries.
Inupiaq snow goggles made from ivory. Created 1880-1900. (Photo:National Museum of the American Indian)
Inupiaq snow goggles made from baleen and sinew.
Baffinland Inuit snow goggles made from wood.
Inuit snow goggles made from caribou bone.
Photo:Julian Idrobo,CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(Photo:National Museum of the American Indian)
Contemporary snow goggles made from plastic.
Inupiaq snow goggles made from baleen and sinew. Created c. 1890. (Photo:National Museum of the American Indian)
Baffinland Inuit snow goggles made from wood. Created c. 1920. (Photo:National Museum of the American Indian)
Inupiaq snow goggles made from caribou hoofs, sealskin, sinew. Created 1961. (Photo:National Museum of the American Indian)
Inuit snow goggles made from caribou bone. Created 2002. (Photo:National Museum of the American Indian)
Contemporary snow goggles made from plastic. Created 1970-1990. (Photo:National Museum of the American Indian)
