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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פריט 220:
Bark Cloth
עוד...
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מחיר פתיחה:
$
40
הערכה :
$80 - $120
עמלת בית המכירות: 28%
למידע נוסף
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Bark Cloth
Folded bark cloth with bark cloth stitching along one edge, and slight pigmentation
Locale: Kaup, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: bark, pigment
Dimensions: L10" W4" (when folded)
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
