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 151:
Plaited Arm or Ankle Bands with Dogs Teeth
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Plaited Arm or Ankle Bands with Dogs Teeth
Arm or ankle band of tightly braided and woven cord, plaited vegetal fiber and dogs teeth and nassa shell; and nassa shell band with dogs' teeth and plastic (trade) ring.
Similar item gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/8984)
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: plant fiber, small Nassa shell, dogs' teeth, plastic ring, pigment, bead, string
Dimensions: large 5" x 5", small 5" x 1"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar item:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/8984)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208984
