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Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection

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Carved Coconut Bowl from Papua New Guinea

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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Description

Carved Coconut Bowl decorated with perforated, low relief design on upper half.

See similar "coconut shell" Louis Pierre Ledoux gifted to the American Museum of Natural History in 1936.

Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea

Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Coconut Shell
Dimensions: Diameter 5 1/2" x H 5"

Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection

Similar item:
American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology 80/8931
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208931