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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Tsantsa Shrunken Head Reproduction
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Tsantsa Shrunken Head Reproduction
Reproduction Tsantsa. Stitched animal hide and horse hair construction. Hair loss to head. Hair and wood container included 4 1/2" Tall
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection