- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; glass; metal; fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0258 a,b
- Description
- Two pair of Hawaiian fishing goggles, each pair made of two handcarved wooden eye pieces into which small panels of glass have been placed and then held in place by a gum of some sort. The eyepieces are connected by a small piece of cord which ties from staple to staple across the nose. Additionall…
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- Title
- Fishing Goggles
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; glass; metal; fibre; rubber
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 4.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Two pair of Hawaiian fishing goggles, each pair made of two handcarved wooden eye pieces into which small panels of glass have been placed and then held in place by a gum of some sort. The eyepieces are connected by a small piece of cord which ties from staple to staple across the nose. Additionally there are two screw eyes on each pair, screwed into the outer limit of the goggle, and string attaches to them to an elastic or rubber band which slings around the back of the head.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0258 a,b
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