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 160:
Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong
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Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong
Lower Sepik River Figure, small male amulet figure Kandimbong, standing on pedestal, with very long pointed nose/beak reaching the floor. Includes original tag label (illegible).
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood
Dimensions: H5" W1 1/2"
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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