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THBLeg Ornament, With Woven Fiber Band, Shells
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LiveNov 16, 2021
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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Leg ornament, with woven fiber band, shells and shell bells.
Includes original tag labeled "#52 Kaup, men & women but at different times". According to Louis Pierre Ledoux's manuscript (lot 108, Manuscript Chapter 3, page, 122 last paragraph) while describing a particular burial ceremony he experienced in Kaup during the first few weeks of his stay there, "Shell bells are tied to the leg of the women".
Region: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Shells, Fiber Band
Dimensions: Circumference 12", dangling ornaments L 4"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux CollectionSimilar to an item Louis Pierre Ledoux Gifted to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology in 1936
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208995&curr_page=&from_anthro=no
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