This beautiful beaded baby carrier panel by the Dayak people of Borneo was once attached to the back of a rattan baby carrier as a kind of spiritual shield for deflective evil spirits.

Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panel - No. 175

Featuring Large Hooked Rhomb Motif

Possibly made by a Kayan or Bahau Woman of Sarawak or Kalimantan, ca. 1880-1900

European and Chinese glass beads, vegetal fiber thread

8.5 x 6 in / 21.5 x 15.25 cm

Unpublished.

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