M0000989: Inside view of a pair of wooden snow goggles, of the kind worn by the Sami people, on display

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Artic exploration: Wooden snow goggles as worn by Lapps. Inside view showing slits.

Photograph of a pair of snow goggles on display with the caption "Snow goggles as worn by Lapps, supplied to the Antarctic Expedition. They are more sufficient than glass goggles". The item was previously on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but are is held by Wellcome Collection.

07 August 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.