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 175:
Lower Sepik River Mask
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Sold for: $3,750
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$3,000 - $5,000
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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Lower Sepik River Mask
Carved wooden mask, with ribbed design around face and a ribbed center line from forehead to nose, slanted eyes. Original twisted rope through septum.
Locale: Lower Sepik River.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, rope
Dimensions: H 25 1/2" / 65 cm x W 10 1/2" / 26.5 cm
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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