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 221:
Cord Shell and Dogs' Tooth Body Ornament
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Cord Shell and Dogs' Tooth Body Ornament
Tightly braided and woven together, body ornament band (belt or other fastener) of cord and other vegetal fiber, Nassa shell and dogs teeth.
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: vegetal fiber cord, dogs' teeth, small Nassa shells
Dimensions: L 24"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
