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.
פריט 235:
3 Edged Weapons Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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נמכר ב: $125
מחיר פתיחה:
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100
הערכה :
$200 - $300
עמלת בית המכירות: 28%
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3 Edged Weapons Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
19th Century Indo-Persian tulwar hilted kukri shortsword with deeply incised motifs. A 19th Century Middle-Eastern dagger with a wooden hilt. Limb Trim Machete by Bushwhacker Japan.
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Longest is 23" and other are are 19" Long