Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.20.062 A—D
Accession#:
2010.20
Credit Line:
Donated by Ann Monagle.
Object Name:
Earring
Title:
Ivory and Fossil Earrings
Year Range from:
1900
Year Range to:
1970
Description:
Ivory and fossil drop earrings (A and B) with metal backings. The earrings consist of a square piece of white ivory and a rectangular piece of brown fossil attached to a metal O—ring and metal earring back. The earrings are "clip ons" meaning they don't go through the earlobe. The earring backs are a metal loop and screw on secure.

Earrings are in the original box (C and D). Box is made of cardboard. Exterior of box is white with shiny silver diagonal stripes. Interior is white. Black stamped text on the bottom of the box reads: "RTN STAR MERCANTILE CO. TELLER, ALASKA \ GUARENTEES [indiscernible text] \ ALASKA ESKIMO HAND MADE". There is also a white and red paper sticker attached to the bottom of the box with a handwritten number "66" in pencil.
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
Personal Belonging
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