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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Visayan Islands Steel & Wood Sword & Scabbard
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Visayan Islands Steel & Wood Sword & Scabbard
Philippines Visayan work. Both grips of wood terminating in a demon’s heads. Each broad blade has a tapering tip. A metal mounted scabbard which may go with larger sword included. Early 20th century.
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection