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
Collection of photos featuring the exterior of Ledoux's home and his home in Chapel Hill. 2 portraits circa 1930. His interior garage and office which features lot # 103, 105, 106, 55, 128, 144, 176, and 190. 3 photos of artifacts from Papua New Guinea with description on verso. Largest photo: 8" H x 10" W.