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 135:
Woven Dog Tooth Body Ornament
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Woven Dog Tooth Body Ornament
Intricately, tightly woven dog tooth and shell body ornament.
Similar item gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/8983)
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Fiber, dogs teeth
Dimensions: H 9" x W 6"
Technique: Woven
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar item:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology 80/8983
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208983
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