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THBBreast or Hair Ornament, Made of Shell
Lot 185
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By Willow Auction House
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Bidsquare : Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Papua New Guinea Collection
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Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people. Willow Auction House jill@willowauctionhouse.com
Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people. Willow Auction House jill@willowauctionhouse.com
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- Lot Description
Breast or hair ornament made of shell.
Similar item was gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (90/8998), in 1936. The catalog entry states: "shell breast or hair ornament, worn in ceremony, made by man"
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: shell
Dimensions: L 4 1/2" x H 2 1/2"Similar item:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology 80/8998
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208998 - Buyer's Premium
