This beautiful beaded panel by the Dayak peoples of Borneo 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. 170

Featuring Paired Scroll Motifs

Possibly Made by a Bahau or Kayan Woman of Sarawak or Kalimantan, ca. 1890-1935.

European glass beads, vegetal fiber thread

12. 25 x 8.25 in / 31 x 21 cm

Unpublished.

Comparable Example Unknown.

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