Archaeo-Histories on Nostr: Snow Goggles; first sunglasses were used 2000 years ago by Inuit hunters, inhabiting ...

Snow Goggles; first sunglasses were used 2000 years ago by Inuit hunters, inhabiting Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland,  Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, to shield their eyes from blinding glare of light reflected off snow.

Made from carved driftwood, bone, walrus ivory or caribou antler that formed strip worn across eye area, with thin slits. Goggles were cut so that they fit tightly to face and often soot or gunpowder was rubbed on outside to absorb light and further cut down on glare.