Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.20.082
Accession#:
2010.20
Credit Line:
Donated by Ann Monagle.
Object Name:
Bracelet
Title:
Ivory & Baleen Bracelet
Year Range from:
1900
Year Range to:
1970
Description:
Ivory and baleen bracelet consisting of two rows of ivory figurines with baleen pieces in between. One row of ivory figurines is of dog teams consisting of a musher on a sled and nine dogs (four sets of two and one lead dog). The other row of ivory figurines has two whales, two bears, one seal and one walrus. Black rectangular pieces of baleen connect the two rows of ivory figurines between pairs. The baleen pieces are perpendicular to the ivory pieces. Bracelet is held together with two double strands of black elastic. Back side of one of the baleen pieces has a rectangular concave in which the elastic pieces are tied.
Notes:
Collection was collected by Mary Moncia (Monagle) Tweet, oldest daughter of Mary Monica (Hudson) Monagle and James William Mongale. Mary Tweet collected the items when she was a postmistress in Teller from 1931 through 1970 and sent the items back to her mother in Juneau. Mary Monagle kept the collection until her death in 1966 when Rosellen Lillegraven inherited the collection. Rosellen (originally Margaret Ellen Rose Monagle) gave the collection to her brother Merritt Monagle circa 1991. Merritt was the youngest child of Mary and James Monagle. Donor, Ann Monagle, was one of two children of Merritt Monagle and Katherine Monagle. Merritt died in 2004.
People:
Monagle, Mary Monica (Hudson)
Monagle, James William
Tweet, Mary Monica (Monagle)
Tweet, Edgar
Lillegraven, Rosellen
Lillegraven, Olav
Monagle, MerrittMonagle, Katherine
Monagle, Ann
Monagle—Olsen, Katie
Search Terms:
Ivory
Jewelry
Animal
Sea Animal
Land Animal
Dog
Dog Mushing
Whale
Bear
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