This rare beaded panel by the Dayak people of Borneo represents a rare masterpiece, depicting a four-headed dragon and mask motifs designed to deflect negative spirits seeking to steal a child's vulnerable soul.

Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panel - No. 188

Featuring Four-Headed Dragon and Mask Motifs in a Rare Quadrilateral Symmetry

Probably Made by a Kenyah Woman of Sarawak or Kalimantan, ca. 1900-1935

European glass beads, vegetal fiber thread

11.5 x 10.8 in / 29.75 x 27.5 cm

Comparable Example Unknown.

Published:

Valerie Hector, "Evoking the Aso':

Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panels with Dragon-Dog Motifs," (2022), Cover Photo and Fig. 14.

Price on Request