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Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
Lot 155:
Leg ornament, with woven fiber band, shells and shell bells.
Includes original tag labeled "#52 Kaup, men & women but at different times". According to Louis Pierre Ledoux’s manuscript (lot 108, Manuscript Chapter 3, page, 122 last paragraph) while describing a particular burial ceremony he experienced in Kaup during the first few weeks of his stay there, "Shell bells are tied to the leg of the women".
Region: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Shells, Fiber Band
Dimensions: Circumference 12", dangling ornaments L 4"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar to an item Louis Pierre Ledoux Gifted to the American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology in 1936
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208995&curr_page =&from_anthro=no
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