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.
LOT 157:
8 Stone Blades and Scrapers
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8 Stone Blades and Scrapers
8 different stone implements including several axe and adze blades, scrapers, and carving tools.
Region: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: Circa 1900.
Material: Stones, Rocks, Minerals
Dimensions: Largest 5" x 3"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection