This rare beaded panel by the Dayak people of Borneo depicts a pair of two-headed dragons with prominent eyes. This panel was once attached to the back of a rattan baby carrier as a kind of spiritual shield for deflecting negative spirits.

Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panel - No. 195

Featuring Paired Two-Headed Dragons with Prominent Eyes

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

European glass beads, vegetal fiber thread

12.25 x 9 in / 31 x 23 cm

Unpublished.

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