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 55:
Lower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram style
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Sold for: $5,500
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$8,000 - $12,000
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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Lower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram style
Carved Wooden Mask, long pointed nose, stylized.
Damage and repair to bottom chin area.
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this kind of mask with its long, pointed beak-like nose is typical of Lower Sepik art, specifically of the Kopar/Angoram people, and depicts powerful spirits.
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, Pigment
Dimensions: H 17" / 43 cm x W 6" / 15 cm
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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