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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Woven Rope Bag
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Woven Rope Bag
Woven rope bag with greed/beige, purple, pink fringe, and vertical stripes.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Natural rope, pigment
Dimensions: W14" x H14"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection