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Lot 152
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Bidsquare : Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Papua New Guinea Collection
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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
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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- Lot Description
Set of 5 shell money strings of various lengths and widths.
Louis Pierre Ledoux, in his chapter on Trade page 12 (lot 108 box I), explains about dogs' teeth and shell necklaces: "Necklaces of dogs' teeth were equivalent, length for length, with those with "tambu" shells. A bat tooth necklace was equivalent to a two-foot rope of 'tambu' or one small, handled basket with markings..."
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: plant fiber, small nassa shells
Dimensions: approx. L 13" eachProvenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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