"Mutt" And "Jeff" Carved In Walrus Ivory (Figs.)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Jan 1957
name: label: Collector
content: Adm Edward D. Jones
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Edward D. Jones
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CUT SECTIONS OF WALRUS TUSKS CARVED TO REPRESENT 'MUTT' AS THE TALL, SLENDER, AND 'JEFF' AS THE SQUAT FIGURE IN A HIGH HAT; EACH FIGURE CUT FROM SOLID, INCLUDING FLAT BASES."
label: Notes
content: FIGURES ARE ILLUS. IN FIG. 84, P. 135 OF ESKIMO ART: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN NORTH ALASKA BY DOROTHY JEAN RAY, UNIV. OF WASHINGTON PRESS, 1977, AND IDENTIFIED THERE AS CIRCA 1920'S; "GIFT OF MRS. E.D. JONES WHOSE HUSBAND ENCOURAGED THE SAINT LAWRENCE ISLANDERS IN THEIR CARVING..." THOUGH SHORTER FIGURE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS COMIC STRIP CHARACTER JEFF FROM MUTT AND JEFF, DR. STUART M. FRANK FEELS IT MAY ACTUALLY DEPICT RICH UNCLE PENNYBAGS (A.K.A. MR. MONOPOLY) FROM THE BOARD GAME MONOPOLY. 1936 WAS WHEN RICH UNCLE PENNYBAGS IMAGE WAS FIRST USED IN MONOPOLY, ACCORDING TO THE MONOPOLY COMPANION BY PHILIP ORBANES, 1999 (2ND ED.). SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. - F. PICKERING 1-29-2001
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 213544
label: USNM Number
content: E394459-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure