Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.20.028
Accession#:
2010.20
Credit Line:
Donated by Ann Monagle.
Object Name:
Figurine, Animal
Title:
Two Ivory Polar Bears on Baline Base
Year Range from:
1900
Year Range to:
1970
Description:
Ivory figurine of two polar bears on a baline stand. The two bears are facing opposite directions on the stand and are parallel to each other. Both bears are standing on all four legs and each has its head turned to the other bear. Both bears have their mouths open, bearing their teeth. Paws and face have black ink details. Inside the mouths are colored red. They are standing on a rectangular base of baline which is black in color. Edges of base are rounded.
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
Monagle, James William
Tweet, Mary Monica (Monagle)
Tweet, Edgar
Lillegraven, Rosellen
Lillegraven, Olav
Monagle, MerrittMonagle, Katherine
Monagle, Ann
Monagle—Olsen, Katie
Search Terms:
Ivory
Animal
Land Animal
Bear
Sculpture
Animal
Land Animal
Bear
Sculpture
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