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
Photos from Ledoux's travels to India and points east circa 1930. Subject matter includes the Ganges River, Ajanta Caves, Buddhist temples. Photos of his father Louis V Ledoux. Photos:4 1/2" H x 2 3/4" W.