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THBBone Dagger, Painted with Fiber and Shell
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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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Human bone dagger, painted red, with fiber and shell decoration.
In his Diary, page 162 (lot 108 box F1), Ledoux explains: "There is some contraction here as to whether the bones are human femur, or cassowary. The human leg bone daggers are only used in boys' initiatory ceremony. These bones are found on the beach as the cemetery is worn away. They do not know whose bones are used and they are not saved from burial."
Similar human bone dagger gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the Brooklyn Museum.
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Human bone (femur)
Dimensions: L 13"Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar item:
Brooklyn Museum
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/54193 - Buyer's Premium
