Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.20.088 A—B
Accession#:
2010.20
Credit Line:
Donated by Ann Monagle.
Object Name:
Necklace
Title:
Ivory & Baleen Necklace and Bracelet
Year Range from:
1900
Year Range to:
1970
Description:
Ivory and baleen necklace (A) and bracelet (B) set.

A: Ivory and baleen necklace consisting of two rows of ivory figurines with baleen pieces in between. Both rows of ivory figurines feature two dog teams consisting of a musher on a sled and five (5) dogs (two sets of two and one lead dog). All four sleds are at the top ends (two on each side) and all four lead dogs are at the center/bottom. A half circle piece of baleen is at each end of the rows. Eight (8) ivory beads are attached to each of the end pieces. The end bead on one side has a concave end with screw threads inside and the end bead on the other side has a screw shaft.

B: Baleen bracelet consisting of ten pieces of baleen. Each piece is a rhombus with slightly curved top and bottom edges.
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
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