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Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Papua New Guinea Collection

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  • Ledoux's TNG-6 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 49

    Ledoux's TNG-6 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Ledoux's TNG-7 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 50

    Ledoux's TNG-7 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Ledoux's TNG-8 Photos and Enlargements
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    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 51

    Ledoux's TNG-8 Photos and Enlargements

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Ledoux's TNG-9 Photos, Enlargements, and Rolls
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 52

    Ledoux's TNG-9 Photos, Enlargements, and Rolls

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Ledoux's TNG-10 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 53

    Ledoux's TNG-10 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Lower Sepik River Flute Mask
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Lot 54

    Lower Sepik River Flute Mask

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    $3,000 - $5,000
  • Lower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram style
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Lot 55

    Lower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram style

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    $8,000 - $12,000
  • Coconut Bowl with Carved Handle, Sepik River
    Estimate
    $400 - $600
    Lot 56

    Coconut Bowl with Carved Handle, Sepik River

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    $400 - $600
  • Carved Coconut Bowl from Papua New Guinea
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 57

    Carved Coconut Bowl from Papua New Guinea

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    $400 - $600
  • Carved Food Bowl
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 58

    Carved Food Bowl

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    $400 - $600
  • Spoon from Papua New Guinea Sepik River
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 59

    Spoon from Papua New Guinea Sepik River

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    $100 - $150
  • PulPul Grass Skirt with shell band
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 60

    PulPul Grass Skirt with shell band

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    $200 - $400
  • PulPul Grass Skirt, Two-Toned
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 61

    PulPul Grass Skirt, Two-Toned

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    $200 - $400
  • PulPul Grass Skirt, with Fine Black Stripe Design
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 62

    PulPul Grass Skirt, with Fine Black Stripe Design

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 63

    Murik Basket Bag

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag with Small Handles
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 64

    Murik Basket Bag with Small Handles

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Bilum / Sack Shape
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 65

    Murik Basket Bag, Bilum / Sack Shape

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    $200 - $400
  • Letter-Document from Ledoux to Bernard Mishkin
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    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 66

    Letter-Document from Ledoux to Bernard Mishkin

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Letter from Ledoux in Kaup to Caroline Kelly
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 67

    Letter from Ledoux in Kaup to Caroline Kelly

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    $100 - $150
  • Custom Documents New Guinea to Ledoux on Exporting
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 68

    Custom Documents New Guinea to Ledoux on Exporting

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    $100 - $150
  • Ledoux's 1930s Shipping Export Documents
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 69

    Ledoux's 1930s Shipping Export Documents

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    $100 - $150
  • Shipping Document for Stuffed Head to Harvard
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 70

    Shipping Document for Stuffed Head to Harvard

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    $100 - $150
  • Leaflets Museum Natural History, Tobacco
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 71

    Leaflets Museum Natural History, Tobacco

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    $200 - $400
  • Ledoux's TNG-12 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 72

    Ledoux's TNG-12 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Ledoux's TNG-13 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 73

    Ledoux's TNG-13 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Ledoux's TNG-14 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 74

    Ledoux's TNG-14 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Ledoux's TNG-15 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll
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    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 75

    Ledoux's TNG-15 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Kakar Spear
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Lot 76

    Kakar Spear

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    $4,000 - $6,000
  • Bow, Lower Sepik River
    Estimate
    $600 - $800
    Lot 77

    Bow, Lower Sepik River

    Est.
    $600 - $800
  • War Club
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    $600 - $800
    Lot 78

    War Club

    Est.
    $600 - $800
  • Cord Shell and Dog's Tooth Band
    Estimate
    $400 - $600
    Lot 79

    Cord Shell and Dog's Tooth Band

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    $400 - $600
  • Dogs' Teeth Necklace
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 80

    Dogs' Teeth Necklace

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    $200 - $300
  • Dogs' Teeth Necklace
    Estimate
    $300 - $400
    Lot 81

    Dogs' Teeth Necklace

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    $300 - $400
  • Openwork Figure, Kopar / Angoram
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Lot 82

    Openwork Figure, Kopar / Angoram

    Est.
    $20,000 - $30,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Kandimbong
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Lot 83

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Kandimbong

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    $20,000 - $30,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Malita
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Lot 84

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Malita

    Est.
    $20,000 - $30,000
  • Cassowary Bone Dagger, Incised
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 85

    Cassowary Bone Dagger, Incised

    Est.
    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Cassowary Bone Dagger with Shell and Fiber
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 86

    Cassowary Bone Dagger with Shell and Fiber

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Cassowary Bone Dagger, Incised
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 87

    Cassowary Bone Dagger, Incised

    Est.
    $1,000 - $2,000
  • PulPul Grass Skirt, Multi-Toned
    Estimate
    $200 - $400
    Lot 88

    PulPul Grass Skirt, Multi-Toned

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    $200 - $400
  • PulPul Grass Skirt, Three-Toned
    Estimate
    $200 - $400
    Lot 89

    PulPul Grass Skirt, Three-Toned

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    $200 - $400
  • PulPul Grass Skirt, Long, Multi-Toned
    Estimate
    $200 - $400
    Lot 90

    PulPul Grass Skirt, Long, Multi-Toned

    Est.
    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, with Handles
    Estimate
    $200 - $400
    Lot 91

    Murik Basket Bag, with Handles

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Handles and Three-Tone Design
    Estimate
    $200 - $400
    Lot 92

    Murik Basket Bag, Handles and Three-Tone Design

    Est.
    $200 - $400
  • Headrest, Lower Sepik River
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Lot 93

    Headrest, Lower Sepik River

    Est.
    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Ledoux Black Crate From New Guinea Expedition
    Estimate
    $100 - $200
    Lot 94

    Ledoux Black Crate From New Guinea Expedition

    Est.
    $100 - $200
  • Documents on Ledoux's Work and Potential Publicity
    Estimate
    $400 - $600
    Lot 95

    Documents on Ledoux's Work and Potential Publicity

    Est.
    $400 - $600
  • Letter from Missionary on Yuou Island
    Estimate
    $100 - $150
    Lot 96

    Letter from Missionary on Yuou Island

    Est.
    $100 - $150

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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