This beautiful beaded panel by the Dayak people of Borneo was once attached to the back of a rattan baby carrier where it functioned as a kind of spiritual shield for deflecting negative spirits.

Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panel - No. 210

Featuring Large Scrolls and Other Motifs

Probably Made by a Sebop or Basap Woman of Brunei or Kalimantan, ca. 1890-1935

European glass beads, vegetal fiber thread

11.25 x 7 in / 28.5 x 18 cm

Unpublished.

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