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THBLetters K Barlow and D Lipset 1980's
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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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Various letters (4 Letters) and documents to Kathleen Barlow and David Lipset about Louis Pierre Ledoux's photographs, and their own research amongst the Murik in the 1980s.
Includes the Barlow/Lipset manuscript dated 24 January 1982 "Other Men's Goods, Other Men's Wives: Murik Migration and Resettlement", and David Lipset's presentation entitled "Siman: Focus of Murik Primogenture" discussing 'siman' which are ceremonial valuables owned by the clan communally, including pigs teeth, and baskets, presented at 81st Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Dec. 3-7 1982 in Washington D.C.
Kathleen Barlow and David Lipset (wife-husband) conducted research in Murik Lakes region in the 1980s. They have since published on the culture.
Date: 1980's
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection - Buyer's Premium
