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 158:
Sepik Nose Piece, Ornament
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Sepik Nose Piece, Ornament
Two sets of boar tusks tide together with rope and rattan on a rope to be hung on chest.
Region: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Boar Tusks, Rope, Rattan
Dimensions: H 13" x W 4"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar to an item gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology , AMNH 80.0/9004A, early 20thC, 1936 gift of Louis Pierre Ledoux. Catalog entry says "nose ornament"
