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 145:
Medicine Bottle, Kaup, Murik Lakes
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Medicine Bottle, Kaup, Murik Lakes
Bottle to store medicine.
See similar item (80.0/8978) Louis Pierre Ledoux gifted to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology, with catalog entry "Abortion drug, leaves preserved in alcohol, Kaup, New Guinea".
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: glass
Dimensions: H 5" x W 1"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology, 80/8978
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/catno_page.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208978&curr_pag e=&from_anthro=no
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