Ancient History - For thousands of years, the #Inuit and #Yupik people of the Arctic have been using traditional snow goggles 🥽 made of walrus ivory, caribou antler, or driftwood. The narrow
![Snow goggles: the first sunglasses were used 2,000 years ago by Inuit hunters. : r/interestingasfuck Snow goggles: the first sunglasses were used 2,000 years ago by Inuit hunters. : r/interestingasfuck](https://imgur.com/ryf7w2B.jpeg)
Snow goggles: the first sunglasses were used 2,000 years ago by Inuit hunters. : r/interestingasfuck
![Inuit “sunglasses”, although not made of glass, pre-date the Chinese invention – going back to prehistoric times and were probably very useful against sun glare. : r/interestingasfuck Inuit “sunglasses”, although not made of glass, pre-date the Chinese invention – going back to prehistoric times and were probably very useful against sun glare. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/h11hdz59ny451.jpg?auto=webp&s=8675265eda29ce154a4e3251ce0fbd22ffc38745)
Inuit “sunglasses”, although not made of glass, pre-date the Chinese invention – going back to prehistoric times and were probably very useful against sun glare. : r/interestingasfuck
![unworn 1965 Iconic André Courrèges Lunette "Eskimo Eclipse" Sunglasses at 1stDibs | andre courreges sunglasses, inuit sunglasses, eskimo goggles unworn 1965 Iconic André Courrèges Lunette "Eskimo Eclipse" Sunglasses at 1stDibs | andre courreges sunglasses, inuit sunglasses, eskimo goggles](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/1121189/v_46902331533372337876/4690233_master.jpg)
unworn 1965 Iconic André Courrèges Lunette "Eskimo Eclipse" Sunglasses at 1stDibs | andre courreges sunglasses, inuit sunglasses, eskimo goggles
![Iconic Courreges Sunglasses aka "eskimo eclipse" at 1stDibs | eskimo sunglasses, aka sunglasses, inuit bone glasses Iconic Courreges Sunglasses aka "eskimo eclipse" at 1stDibs | eskimo sunglasses, aka sunglasses, inuit bone glasses](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/v_319/23_15/6421020/642102-1.jpeg)
Iconic Courreges Sunglasses aka "eskimo eclipse" at 1stDibs | eskimo sunglasses, aka sunglasses, inuit bone glasses
![unworn 1965 Iconic André Courrèges Lunette "Eskimo Eclipse" Sunglasses at 1stDibs | andre courreges sunglasses, inuit sunglasses, eskimo goggles unworn 1965 Iconic André Courrèges Lunette "Eskimo Eclipse" Sunglasses at 1stDibs | andre courreges sunglasses, inuit sunglasses, eskimo goggles](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/1121189/v_33040231507033010119/3304023_master.jpg?width=1500)