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 142:
Canoe Prow Figure, Lower Sepik River
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Sold for: $3,750
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Canoe Prow Figure, Lower Sepik River
Canoe prow figure, possibly of Papuan big-eared bat, which was once considered extinct since 1890 until finding a specimen in 2014.
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood
Dimensions: H 19"/ 48 cm x W 8"/20 cm
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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