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  • Medicine Bottle, Kaup, Murik Lakes
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 145

    Medicine Bottle, Kaup, Murik Lakes

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    $100 - $150
  • Kundu Hand Drum with Handle, Murik Lakes
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    $750 - $1,500
    Lot 146

    Kundu Hand Drum with Handle, Murik Lakes

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    $750 - $1,500
  • Murik Basket Bag, Twisted Rope and Knot Weave
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 147

    Murik Basket Bag, Twisted Rope and Knot Weave

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style, Beige with Grey.
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 148

    Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style, Beige with Grey.

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 149

    Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style

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    $200 - $400
  • Ankle or Arm Bands
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 150

    Ankle or Arm Bands

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    $200 - $300
  • Plaited Arm or Ankle Bands with Dogs Teeth
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 151

    Plaited Arm or Ankle Bands with Dogs Teeth

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    $200 - $300
  • String of Shell Money
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 152

    String of Shell Money

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    $200 - $300
  • Love Letters to and from Louis Pierre Ledoux
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 153

    Love Letters to and from Louis Pierre Ledoux

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    $100 - $150
  • Ledoux Party Invitations 1940's
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 154

    Ledoux Party Invitations 1940's

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    $100 - $150
  • Leg Ornament, With Woven Fiber Band, Shells
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    $600 - $800
    Lot 155

    Leg Ornament, With Woven Fiber Band, Shells

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    $600 - $800
  • Sepik Nose Piece, Boar Tusks bound Rattan Fiber
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 156

    Sepik Nose Piece, Boar Tusks bound Rattan Fiber

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    $400 - $600
  • 8 Stone Blades and Scrapers
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    $600 - $800
    Lot 157

    8 Stone Blades and Scrapers

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    $600 - $800
  • Sepik Nose Piece, Ornament
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 158

    Sepik Nose Piece, Ornament

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    $400 - $600
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong
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    $2,000 - $4,000
    Lot 159

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong

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    $2,000 - $4,000
  • Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong
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    $2,000 - $4,000
    Lot 160

    Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Amulet Kandimbong

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    $2,000 - $4,000
  • Lower Sepik River Male Charm Figure
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    $2,000 - $4,000
    Lot 161

    Lower Sepik River Male Charm Figure

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    $2,000 - $4,000
  • Spear Thrower, Lower Sepik River
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    $800 - $1,200
    Lot 162

    Spear Thrower, Lower Sepik River

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    $800 - $1,200
  • Barbed Spear of Wood
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    $800 - $1,200
    Lot 163

    Barbed Spear of Wood

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    $800 - $1,200
  • Threader, Weaving Tool
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 164

    Threader, Weaving Tool

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    $100 - $150
  • Carved Lime Spatula
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    $800 - $1,200
    Lot 165

    Carved Lime Spatula

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    $800 - $1,200
  • Nose Pieces
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 166

    Nose Pieces

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    $100 - $150
  • Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style with Red Tufts
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 167

    Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Style with Red Tufts

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Shaped
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 168

    Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Shaped

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, square Bilum / Sack Shape.
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 169

    Murik Basket Bag, square Bilum / Sack Shape.

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    $200 - $400
  • Pacific Islands Monthly Journal Nov 15th 1940
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 170

    Pacific Islands Monthly Journal Nov 15th 1940

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    $100 - $150
  • 3 Maps of New Guinea in 1961, 1962, and 1964
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 171

    3 Maps of New Guinea in 1961, 1962, and 1964

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    $100 - $150
  • Letters K Barlow and D Lipset 1980's
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 172

    Letters K Barlow and D Lipset 1980's

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    $100 - $150
  • Letters American Museum of Natural History
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 173

    Letters American Museum of Natural History

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    $100 - $150
  • Letters To and From Kammerer about Photographs
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    $100 - $150
    Lot 174

    Letters To and From Kammerer about Photographs

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    $100 - $150
  • Lower Sepik River Mask
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    $3,000 - $5,000
    Lot 175

    Lower Sepik River Mask

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    $3,000 - $5,000
  • Sepik Mask
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Lot 176

    Sepik Mask

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    $3,000 - $5,000
  • Murik Basket Bag with Double Handles
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 177

    Murik Basket Bag with Double Handles

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag with Double Handles
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 178

    Murik Basket Bag with Double Handles

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    $200 - $400
  • Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Shaped
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 179

    Murik Basket Bag, Clutch-Shaped

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    $200 - $400
  • Double Figure, Lower Sepik
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    $4,000 - $6,000
    Lot 180

    Double Figure, Lower Sepik

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    $4,000 - $6,000
  • Coast Sepik Canoe Prow Figure
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    $4,000 - $6,000
    Lot 181

    Coast Sepik Canoe Prow Figure

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    $4,000 - $6,000
  • Cassowary Bone Dagger, Incised
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    $1,000 - $1,500
    Lot 182

    Cassowary Bone Dagger, Incised

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    $1,000 - $1,500
  • Cassowary Bone Dagger, Plain
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    $1,000 - $1,500
    Lot 183

    Cassowary Bone Dagger, Plain

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    $1,000 - $1,500
  • Wooden Arrows
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 184

    Wooden Arrows

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    $200 - $300
  • Breast or Hair Ornament, Made of Shell
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 185

    Breast or Hair Ornament, Made of Shell

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    $200 - $300
  • Spear Points
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 186

    Spear Points

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    $200 - $300
  • Small Rope Bag
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 187

    Small Rope Bag

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    $400 - $600
  • Cord of Shell with Rings
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 188

    Cord of Shell with Rings

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    $400 - $600
  • Cord Necklace with Shells
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 189

    Cord Necklace with Shells

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    $100 - $200
  • Sepik River Mask with Rattan
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Lot 190

    Sepik River Mask with Rattan

    Est.
    $4,000 - $6,000
  • Papua New Guinea Mask with Small Eyes
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Lot 191

    Papua New Guinea Mask with Small Eyes

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    $2,000 - $3,000
  • Louis Pierre Ledoux Portraits and House Interior
    Estimate
    $200 - $300
    Lot 191a

    Louis Pierre Ledoux Portraits and House Interior

    Est.
    $200 - $300

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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