Snow goggles
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Snow goggles (Inuktitut: Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang"., syllabics: ᐃᓪᒑᒃ or ᐃᒡᒑᒃ;[1] Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "Lang".) are a type of eyewear traditionally used by the Inuit and the Yupik peoples of the Arctic to prevent snow blindness.[2]
The goggles are traditionally made of driftwood (especially spruce), bone, walrus ivory, caribou antler,[2] or in some cases seashore grass.[3] The workpiece is carved to fit the wearer's face, and one or more narrow horizontal slits are carved through the front.[4] The goggles fit tightly against the face so that the only light entering is through the slits, and soot is sometimes applied to the inside to help cut down on glare.[2][5][6] The slits are made narrow not only to reduce the amount of light entering but also to improve the visual acuity.[2] Wider slits result in a larger field of view.[2]
Terminology
Like other Inuit language terms, such as inukhuk/inuksuk,[7][8] a different word may be used in different dialects. In the Kivalliq dialect, Script error: No such module "Lang". (ᐃᓪᒑᒃ) is used, while the North Baffin dialect uses Script error: No such module "Lang". (ᐃᒡᒑᒃ). Both words are also used to refer to sunglasses.[1]
In Central Yup'ik, snow goggles are called Script error: No such module "Lang"., while in Cup'ig they are igguag. In Siberian Yupik, the word is Script error: No such module "Lang"..[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b Asuilaak Living Dictionary - snow goggles
- ↑ a b c d e Inuit Snow Goggles at the Vancouver Maritime Museum
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- ↑ a b Smithsonian Institution, St. Lawrence Island Yupik Snow Goggles
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