Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection

Letters To and From Kammerer about Photographs

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Letters to and from Maggie Kammerer about labeling his photographs and using them for research at Columbia University.

Includes a letter from Douglas Fraser, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.

Consists of 12 Letters from 1971-1977 as well as The Labeling of The Ethnographic Field Photographs of Louis Ledoux.

Date: 1970’s
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection

 

Carved wooden mask, with ribbed design around face and a ribbed center line from forehead to nose, slanted eyes. Original twisted rope through septum. Locale: Lower Sepik River.Country: Papua New GuineaDate: 1936 or earlierMaterial: Wood, ropeDimensions: H 25 1/2" / 65 cm x W 10 1/2" / 26.5 cmTechnique: CarvedProvenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux CollectionSimilar items: Bonhamshttps://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24828/lot/11/?category=list&length=48&page=1Lempertzhtt ps://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1081-1/270-sepik-river-mask.html