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 41:
Bilum bag, small, red and brown stripes
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Bilum bag, small, red and brown stripes
Bilum string bag , small, with finely woven with red and brown stripes, and tiny shells ornamentation.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Natural string, pigment
Dimensions: W 9" x H 10"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9032)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209032
