Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
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Nov 16, 2021
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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 225:
Lower Sepik Body Ornament Boar's Tusk Fragment
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Sold for: $60
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$100 - $150
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sales tax: 6.625%
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Lower Sepik Body Ornament Boar's Tusk Fragment
Fragments of boars' tusks (used for body ornamentation, as nose or chest pieces)
Region: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Boars' tusk bone, Rope, Rattan
Dimensions: H4" each
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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