Description

Antique Dayak Beaded Basket Baby Carrier from Kalimantan

Superb Dayak artwork with beautiful & uncommon blue beads

Rare lobster motif.

Rare beaded panels for the top, left and right rims.

Valuable glass beads all along the top panel.

Lovely old batik cloth patches in the lining.

 Beaded panel is estimated to be from the early-mid 1900s and then reset on a later rattan basket from the late 1900s

12 (30.5 cm) high by 12 (30.5 cm) wide by 6 (15.2 cm) deep

LITERATURE REFERENCE : Photographs of baby carriers being used in real life may be seen on pages 55-56 of the book titled Borneo – A photographic Journey by Dennis Lau

 

 

 

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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