An old Dayak beaded baby carrier panel from ca. 1890-1935 featuring a pair of large hooked rhomb motifs, enclosing smaller hooked rhombs. This beaded panel was once attached to the back of a rattan baby carrier as a kind of spiritual shield.

Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panel - No. 234

Featuring Concenctric Hooked Rhomb Motifs

Probably made by a Bahau woman of the Upper Mahakam River region, ca. 1890-1935.

European glass beads, vegetal fiber threads.

15.25 x 7.75 in / 39.5 x 19.5 cm

Unpublished.

Comparable Example:

A. W. Nieuwenhuis, Quer Durch Borneo:

Ergebnisse seiner Reisen en den Jahren 1894, 1896-7, und 1898-1900 Part 2, Plate 69a.

Price on Request.