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Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection

Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition

In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, recent Harvard University graduate, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people.

The results of his self-funded expedition is an extraordinary collection of hundreds of artifacts, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and letters left untouched for 85 years.
Lot 1:Ledoux Black Crate From New Guinea Expedition

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$100 - $200
Lot 2:Article English translation of Murik ethnographic

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$100 - $200
Lot 3:Ledoux Notes 1932 Firth field and CG Seligmann

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$100 - $200
Lot 4:Harvard University related documents, letters 1936

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$100 - $200
Lot 5:Letter written in Cursive Pidgin 1934

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$100 - $200
Lot 6:1935 letter AP Elkin telling Ledoux go to Murik

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$100 - $200
Lot 7:Articles written by Margaret Mead

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$200 - $400
Lot 8:Margaret Mead -Reo F. Fortune equipment list notes

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$300 - $500
Lot 9:Murik Basket Bag, very small, thin handle

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$200 - $400
Lot 10:Murik Basket Bag, clutch-style, small

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$200 - $400
Lot 11:PulPul Grass Skirt, multi-toned in grey, beige

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$200 - $400
Lot 12:PulPul Grass Skirt, three-toned

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$200 - $400
Lot 13:String of Shell Money

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$200 - $300
Lot 14:Twisted Rope belt with Nassa Shell

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$100 - $200
Lot 15:Dogs' Teeth Pendants

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$200 - $300
Lot 16:Lower Sepik River Mask, Kaup, Murik Lakes region

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$2,000 - $3,000
Lot 17:Lower Sepik River Flute Mask

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$2,000 - $3,000
Lot 18:Axe, Lower Sepik River

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$400 - $600
Lot 19:Axe, Lower Sepik River

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$1,000 - $1,500
Lot 20:Model Axe

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$300 - $400
Lot 21:Bullroarer Musical Instrument

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$200 - $300
Lot 22:1932 Map of British Solomon Islands

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$100 - $200
Lot 23:Letter of Introduction Signed by Margaret Mead

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$300 - $400
Lot 24:US Receipt for Photo Equipment 1935

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$100 - $150
Lot 25:1935 Letters Australia Prime Minister

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$100 - $200
Lot 26:2 Letter of Introduction 1935 for Ledoux

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$100 - $150
Lot 27:Ledoux's TNG-1 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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$500 - $1,000
Lot 28:Ledoux's TNG-2 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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$500 - $1,000
Lot 29:Ledoux's TNG-3 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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$500 - $1,000
Lot 30:Ledoux's TNG-4 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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$500 - $1,000
Lot 31:Ledoux's TNG-5 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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$500 - $1,000
Lot 32:Barbed Spear with Fine Geometric Relief

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$200 - $300
Lot 33:Barbed Spear

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$200 - $300
Lot 34:Barbed spear

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$200 - $300
Lot 35:Amulet, Lower Sepik River Figure

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$2,000 - $3,000
Lot 36:Amulet, Lower Sepik River Figure

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$2,000 - $3,000
Lot 37:Ancestor Figure, Lower Sepik River

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$4,000 - $6,000
Lot 38:Murik Basket Bag, with knot-design

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$200 - $400
Lot 39:Murik Basket Bag, with bold two-tone design

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$200 - $400
Lot 40:Bilum bag, small, bold stripes, shell ornament

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$200 - $300
Lot 41:Bilum bag, small, red and brown stripes

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$200 - $300
Lot 42:Bilum Bag, Geometric Design and Original Tag

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$200 - $300
Lot 43:Letter from E.W. P. Chinnery to Ledoux

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$100 - $150
Lot 44:2 Letters of Introduction Assistance for Ledoux

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$100 - $150
Lot 45:Ledoux's 1930s Customs Import Shipping documents 6

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$100 - $150
Lot 46:Receipts for Suppliers in Australia 1936 Ledoux

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$100 - $150
Lot 47:Bottle of Water Decontamination Pills, "Halazone"

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$40 - $60
Lot 48:Shipping Route Map Java, Singapore, China, Pacific

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$100 - $150
Lot 49:Ledoux's TNG-6 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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$500 - $1,000
Lot 50:Ledoux's TNG-7 Photos, Enlargements, and Roll

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$500 - $1,000