Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
Da Willow Auction House
16.11.21
2 Frassetto Way Lincoln Park, NJ 07035, Stati Uniti

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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Ledoux's TNG-6 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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Ledoux's TNG-6 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

Ledoux's TNG-6 Photos, Enlargements, and Contact Sheet Roll

Includes:
30 - 5" x 7" Enlargements
3- 2.5" x 3..75"
1 - Contact Roll

Includes Photos of Territory New Guinea (TNG) Roll 6 of the village, people, children, grass skirts, body ornaments, swimming, fishing, boat, and canoes.

Date: 1936
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection



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