262 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
blackened inside. They were not always made of wood, as there are 
two specimens in the collection made of a piece of antler, following the 
natural curve of the beam, 
divided longitudinally, with 
the softer inside tissue hol- 
lowed out. 
Fig. 260 (No. 89701 [763], 
from Utkiavwin) represents 
one of these specimens. I 
do not recollect ever seeing goggles of this material in actual use. No. 
89703 [754], Fig. 261, is an unusual pattern, having along the top a hori- 
zontal brim about one-half 
inch high, which serves for 
an additional shade to the 
eyes. Above this are two 
oblique holes opening into 
the cavity inside, which are 
probably for the purpose of 
ventilation, to prevent the 
moisture from the skin from 
being deposited as frost on 
the inside of the goggles or 
on the eyelashes. Ido not 
remember having seen such 
goggles worn. Dall figures Fig. 261.—Wooden snow goggles, unusual form. 
a similar pair from Norton Sound, and those brought by Mr. Turner from 
Ungava have a similar brim and ventilating holes. The snow goggles 
mentioned in Parry’s Second 
Voyage (p. 547) as occasion- 
ally seen at Iglulik, but more 
common in Hudson’s Strait, 
appear to have resembled 
these, but had a brim 3 or 4 
inches deep. 
Meat - cache markers.—We 
purchased a couple of little 
ivory rods, each with a little 
bunch of feathers tied to one 
end, which we were told were 
used by the deer hunters to 
mark the place where they 
had buried the flesh of a deer 
inthesnow. This implement 
is called ti’kusia. 
Fig. 262, represents one of 
these (No. 89531 [978] from Nuwitk). It is a flat, slender rod of white 
walrus ivory, 114 inches long, and evidently broken off at the tip. The 
Fic. 260.—Bone snow goggles. 
Fic. 262.—Marker for meat cache. 
