HOOK FIGURE, SEPIK RIVERHook figure,sometimes also known as 'Samban", carved with both male and female elements, with red and black pigment. Typical geometric design at back of neck, mask-like face, standing...
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LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONXLExtra Large Black Crate in which Louis Pierre Ledoux Shipped are stored items from his expedition in Papua New Guinea in 1936.
Includes newspapers from 1936, which were...
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BEADED NECKLACE WITH DOGS' TEETHUnusualorange, yellow, white, and black beaded triple- layer necklace with dogs' teeth.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: beads (orange, yellow, white, black),...
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LOWER SEPIK RIVER FLUTE MASKMask (FluteMask) with original red, black, yellow pigment; original fiber plugs in septum
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood,...
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BEADED NECKLACESBeautiful set of twonecklaces: a small, quadruple layered, red/white/blue beaded necklace and a red/white/black band with flower motif Country: Papua New Guinea Date: 1936 or earlier Material:...
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LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONLargeblack crate in which Louis Pierre Ledoux shipped and stored items from his expedition in Papua New Guinea in 1936. Condition: : Broken lid, first wood pane detached, peeling...
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LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONLargeblack crate in which Louis Pierre Ledoux shipped and stored items from his expedition in Papua New Guinea in 1936.
Condition: Chips, cracks and peeling paint, missing one...
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BEADED NECKLACESBeautiful set of twonecklaces: a small, quadruple layered, red/white/blue beaded necklace and a red/white/black band with flower motif
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material:...
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LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONLargeblack crate in which Louis Pierre Ledoux shipped and stored items from his expedition in Papua New Guinea in 1936.
Condition: Broken lid, first wood pane detached, peeling...
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PULPUL GRASS SKIRT WITH MADANG LABELPulpulgrass skirt, with dyed yellow and black stripes includes original tag labeled "Madang". Madang is a larger locality north of Kaup where Ledoux spent most of his time.
Throughout...
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PULPUL GRASS SKIRT, WITH FINE BLACKSTRIPE DESIGNPulPul grass skirt, two-tone with fine black stripe design.
Throughout Ledoux's Manuscript/Diaries (lot 108), and Field Notebooks (lot 110), he mentions these...
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BOBO BIRD MASK FROM BURKINA FASOMaskwith red, blue, black stripes, triangular top, beak and very round protruding eyes in red/black/white. We do not believe this mask is from the same region as the other Papua...
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