This beaded baby carrier panel was once attached to the back of a rattan baby carrier as a kind of spiritual shield to protect the child from harm. The Dayak are famous for creating intricate beadwork with talismanic motifs.

Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panel - No. 228

Featuring Stylized Anthropomorphs and Other Motifs

Probably made by an Aoheng Woman of the Upper Mahakam River area, ca. 1890-1935.

European glass beads, vegetal fiber thread.

18.75 x 6.75 in / 47.5 x 17 cm

Unpublished.

Comparable Example:

Bernard Sellato, "The Baby Carrier: A Central Borneo Specialty" (2012), Fig. 24.