Set Reminder2021-11-16 12:00:002021-11-16 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Papua New Guinea Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/willow-auction-house/louis-pierre-ledoux-s-papua-new-guinea-collection-7667 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
A collection of photos, negatives and contact sheets from Ledoux's time at Harvard. Featured are views from on campus, his dorm, him and his fellow students and a portrait of his girlfriend at the time with a handwritten note. Circa 1931. Additionally, Notes from Ledoux's "Anthro II" class at Harvard circa 1934 are included.