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Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Papua New Guinea Collection

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  • Personal Letters Addressed to Ledoux
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 97

    Personal Letters Addressed to Ledoux

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    $100 - $150
  • Letter from Ledoux's Father to Bernard Mishkin
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 98

    Letter from Ledoux's Father to Bernard Mishkin

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    $100 - $150
  • Miscellaneous Ledoux Documents, Articles and Poem
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 99

    Miscellaneous Ledoux Documents, Articles and Poem

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    $100 - $150
  • Letter and Documents Pertaining to the War Effort
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 100

    Letter and Documents Pertaining to the War Effort

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    $100 - $150
  • Letter from District Patrol Officer E.D. Robinson
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 101

    Letter from District Patrol Officer E.D. Robinson

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    $100 - $150
  • Lower Sepik River Mask, Murik
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    $7,000 - $9,000
    Lot 102

    Lower Sepik River Mask, Murik

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    $7,000 - $9,000
  • Lower Sepik River Mask
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    $2,000 - $3,000
    Lot 103

    Lower Sepik River Mask

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    $2,000 - $3,000
  • Lower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram Style
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    $8,000 - $12,000
    Lot 104

    Lower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram Style

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    $8,000 - $12,000
  • Lime Container, Sepik River
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    $15,000 - $20,000
    Lot 105

    Lime Container, Sepik River

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    $15,000 - $20,000
  • Lime Container, Sepik River
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    $15,000 - $20,000
    Lot 106

    Lime Container, Sepik River

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    $15,000 - $20,000
  • Diary Notebooks and Field Notes Feb - July 1936
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    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 107

    Diary Notebooks and Field Notes Feb - July 1936

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Ledoux Manuscript, Field Diary, Notes
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    $3,000 - $4,000
    Lot 108

    Ledoux Manuscript, Field Diary, Notes

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    $3,000 - $4,000
  • Margaret Mead's Memo to Ledoux About Manuscript
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    $800 - $1,200
    Lot 109

    Margaret Mead's Memo to Ledoux About Manuscript

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    $800 - $1,200
  • Personalized Crate "L.P LEDOUX" for Expedition
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 110

    Personalized Crate "L.P LEDOUX" for Expedition

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    $200 - $300
  • 5 Index Card Boxes Ledoux Research
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 111

    5 Index Card Boxes Ledoux Research

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    $200 - $300
  • Pulpul Grass Skirt with Madang Label
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 112

    Pulpul Grass Skirt with Madang Label

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    $200 - $400
  • PulPul Grass Skirt, Two-Toned, Short
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 113

    PulPul Grass Skirt, Two-Toned, Short

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    $200 - $400
  • PulPul Grass Skirt, Long, Multi-Toned in Yellow
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 114

    PulPul Grass Skirt, Long, Multi-Toned in Yellow

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Small
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 115

    Murik Basket Bag, Small

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 116

    Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Wide Handles and Long Tufts
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 117

    Murik Basket Bag, Wide Handles and Long Tufts

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Small with Wide Handles
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 118

    Murik Basket Bag, Small with Wide Handles

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    $200 - $400
  • Cassowary Bone Dagger, Heavily Incised and Painted
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    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 119

    Cassowary Bone Dagger, Heavily Incised and Painted

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Bone Dagger, Painted with Fiber and Shell
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    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 120

    Bone Dagger, Painted with Fiber and Shell

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Cassowary Bone Dagger, Heavily Incised
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    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 121

    Cassowary Bone Dagger, Heavily Incised

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Handwritten Memo From Margaret Mead to Ledoux 1938
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 122

    Handwritten Memo From Margaret Mead to Ledoux 1938

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    $400 - $600
  • Signed Note from Margaret Mead to Ledoux
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 123

    Signed Note from Margaret Mead to Ledoux

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    $200 - $300
  • Letter Margaret Mead to Ledoux, Tambunam NG 1938
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 124

    Letter Margaret Mead to Ledoux, Tambunam NG 1938

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    $200 - $300
  • Margaret Mead Bulletins Life in New Guinea 1938
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 125

    Margaret Mead Bulletins Life in New Guinea 1938

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    $300 - $500
  • Margaret Mead's Comments on Ledoux's Manuscript
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    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 126

    Margaret Mead's Comments on Ledoux's Manuscript

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Letter from Father Joseph Schmidt to Ledoux 1938
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 127

    Letter from Father Joseph Schmidt to Ledoux 1938

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    $100 - $150
  • Large Mask Papua New Guinea Lower Sepik Reddish
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    $4,000 - $6,000
    Lot 128

    Large Mask Papua New Guinea Lower Sepik Reddish

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    $4,000 - $6,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet
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    $4,000 - $6,000
    Lot 129

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet

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    $4,000 - $6,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong
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    $20,000 - $30,000
    Lot 130

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong

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    $20,000 - $30,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet
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    $8,000 - $12,000
    Lot 131

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet

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    $8,000 - $12,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Kandimbong
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    $20,000 - $30,000
    Lot 132

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Kandimbong

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    $20,000 - $30,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Ancestor Figure
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    $4,000 - $6,000
    Lot 133

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Ancestor Figure

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    $4,000 - $6,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Ancestor Figure
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    $5,000 - $7,000
    Lot 134

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Ancestor Figure

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    $5,000 - $7,000
  • Woven Dog Tooth Body Ornament
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    $2,000 - $3,000
    Lot 135

    Woven Dog Tooth Body Ornament

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    $2,000 - $3,000
  • Equipment, Hints on Fieldwork Given to Oliver
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 136

    Equipment, Hints on Fieldwork Given to Oliver

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    $300 - $500
  • Letter from Eleanor Oliver to Her Father
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 137

    Letter from Eleanor Oliver to Her Father

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    $100 - $150
  • Letters from Douglas L. Oliver to Ledoux
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 138

    Letters from Douglas L. Oliver to Ledoux

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    $100 - $150
  • Letter from Mead to Ledoux, Oliver, Outbreak War
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 139

    Letter from Mead to Ledoux, Oliver, Outbreak War

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    $200 - $300
  • 1939 Maps of Conflict in Europe, Northern Southern
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 140

    1939 Maps of Conflict in Europe, Northern Southern

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    $100 - $150
  • Letters to Ledoux Referencing World II
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 141

    Letters to Ledoux Referencing World II

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    $100 - $200
  • Canoe Prow Figure, Lower Sepik River
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    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 142

    Canoe Prow Figure, Lower Sepik River

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Lower Sepik River Mask
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    $7,000 - $9,000
    Lot 143

    Lower Sepik River Mask

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    $7,000 - $9,000
  • Lower Sepik River Mask
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $10,000
    Lot 144

    Lower Sepik River Mask

    Est.
    $7,000 - $10,000

Auction Description

Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Papua New Guinea Collection by Willow Auction House
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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