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 111:
5 Index Card Boxes Ledoux Research
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5 Index Card Boxes Ledoux Research
5 index card boxes with index cards and one smaller index box with cards. Cards contain information about Ledoux's study in Murik, and includes an explanatory document referring to labels and numbers used on the cards.
Condition:
Dimensions: W5 1/2" H4 1/2" D9 1/2" (each)
Date: circa 1936
Material: Wood
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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