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THBBilum Bag, Red and Grey Stripes
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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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Bilum string bag, finely woven with red and grey stripes.
Similar bag held at the Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Nr. VI28106, attributed to Georg Friederici (1866). Georg Friederici was a German Ethnologist . He also served as military attached at the German Embassy in Washington, DC 1894-95, and was sent to New Guinea on expeditions in 1908-1910. He died 1947.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Natural string, pigment
Dimensions: W16" x H9"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux CollectionSimilar items:
Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Nr. VI28106
http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2030326&viewType=detailViewBonham's (set of 4 in 2012 auction)
https://www.artkhade.com/object/6f8cB4Hh - Buyer's Premium
