Permanent Collection Objects

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

2010.20.001

2010.20

Donated by Ann Monagle.

Game, Board

Ivory Cribbage Board

1900

1970

Cribbage board made of ivory. Board has a flat top and a rounded bottom. Three small ivory pegs have been attached to the bottom and act as legs. Three spears have been etched into the bottom with black ink. An additional spear is found on the back side of the board. The top has twelve sets of ten holes (six on each side long side). Between the rows of holes is an illustration of a shrimp. At either end of the shrimp (and between the two rows of hole sets) are a set of two holes. At the proper right end is the text reading: "ALASKA". On the proper left end is an illustration of a bird. There is a hole in the ivory on the proper left side of the board.

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.

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

Ivory
Game
Recreation
Animal
Bird
Sea Animal