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Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
Lot 206:
Shell money pieces of various sizes.
In Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Diary page 272 (lot 108, box F1) he explains that small shell rings are called "Kieg" and large ones "Aoup".
Similar items gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology (80/9008), and to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard Museum, 36-105-70/448
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: shell
Dimensions: Diameter 1-2"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar item:
American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology (80/9008)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209008
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard Museum, 36-105-70/448
https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/1/title-desc?t:state:flow=8d69fbdf-eb8d-4acb-8afe-30 5030b8cd2c
Sotheby’s 2021
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/art-of-africa-oceania-and-the-americas/five-boiken-currency-rings-prince-alexander
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