Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition
In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, recent Harvard University graduate, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people.
The results of his self-funded expedition is an extraordinary collection of hundreds of artifacts, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and letters left untouched for 85 years.
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LOT 204:
Bundle of Human Hair
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Bundle of Human Hair
Bundle of human hair, possibly used as a hairstyle as seen in some photographs in the Ledoux collection. In the 1930s, it was Murik men's hairstyle to affix a bundle of hair such as this to the top of the head.
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: human hair
Dimensions: 10" x 4"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
