- 13 ASIAN ARTWORKS, INCL. SCROLLS, CHINESE
W/C, JAPANESE...1st-5th items: Five (5) Asian works of art, including one (1) scroll painting depicting a tapered wicker planter with a flowering tree and other foliage, two...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION
XLExtra 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...
[more like this] - BEADED NECKLACE WITH DOGS' TEETHUnusual
orange, 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),...
[more like this] - LOUIS PIERRE LEDOUX PORTRAITS AND HOUSE
INTERIORSepia Rockwood prints of the interior of one of Ledoux's home. 3 black and white portraits of Ledoux . 1 self portrait. Photos of the interior of his garage and office...
[more like this] - SHIPPING ROUTE MAP JAVA, SINGAPORE,
CHINA, PACIFICMaritime route map covering Java, Singapore, China, and Pacific Islands; and travel brochure for Java Singapore.
Route Map of the Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. showing...
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER FLUTE MASKMask (Flute
Mask) 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,...
[more like this] - BEADED NECKLACESBeautiful set of two
necklaces: 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:...
[more like this] - LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONLarge
black 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...
[more like this] - HERMES SILK TWILL SCARF, 'VAISSEAUX
ET FREGATES'Hermes silk twill scarf, "Vaisseaux et Fregates" pattern, original design by Philippe Ledoux (1903-1974), in golds, blues, black, and cream, stain to center, lacking...
[more like this] - [JAPANESE PRINTS & DRAWINGS--COLLECTIONS]
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group of multi-volumed works about Japanese Prints & Drawings in Private or Museum Collections, comprising:
— GUNSAULUS, Helen C. and GENTLES, Margaret O. The Clarence...
[more like this] - LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONLarge
black 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...
[more like this] - BEADED NECKLACESBeautiful set of two
necklaces: 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:...
[more like this] - LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONLarge
black 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...
[more like this] - THREE HERMES SILK SCAVES Made in France:
Springs depicting antique sleds, designed by Ledoux (water mark mid upper right, tiny pin hole in one corner); Brides de Gala (spotting along the border, fair condition);...
[more like this] - PULPUL GRASS SKIRT WITH MADANG LABELPulpul
grass 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...
[more like this] - PULPUL GRASS SKIRT, WITH FINE BLACK
STRIPE 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...
[more like this] - BOBO BIRD MASK FROM BURKINA FASOMask
with 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...
[more like this] - French Empire mahogany bureau a cylindre
by Jean-Joseph Chapuis circa 1810 rectangular black marble top above long drawer atop cylinder roll concealing fitted interior with writing surface and small drawers above...
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