Dayak Baby Carrier – Borneo
$2,800.00
1 in stock
Description
A baby carrier made of wood and woven rattan, decorated with a woven panel of glass beads, strings of glass beads, bronze bells, bone ornaments, animal teeth and a wooden sculpture. Colors and tokens will often depict gender of child, bells and teeth add protection.
Dayak, Borneo, ca. 2nd quarter of the 20th century. The bead panel possibly earlier as they were passed on from generation to generation
