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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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Shell money pieces of various sizes.
In Louis Pierre Ledoux's Diary page 272 (lot 108, box F1) he explains that small shell rings are called "Kieg" and large ones "Aoup".
Similar items gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9008), and to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard Museum, 36-105-70/448
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: shell
Dimensions: Diameter 1-2"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux CollectionSimilar item:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9008)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209008Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard Museum, 36-105-70/448
https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/1/title-desc?t:state:flow=8d69fbdf-eb8d-4acb-8afe-305030b8cd2cSotheby's 2021
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/art-of-africa-oceania-and-the-americas/five-boiken-currency-rings-prince-alexander - Buyer's Premium
