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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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War club, includes a subtle relief resembling a snake or other long animal along almost the whole length of the club, and a geometric design (perhaps of stylized fish) at the center of the club.
Similar item gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9059)
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood
Dimensions: H 5' 11" x W 2"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux CollectionSimilar items:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9059)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209059Giraudeau Tours 2017, attributed to the 1934-36 La Korrigane expedition to the Sepik.
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