Description

Dayak Baby Carrier from Kalimantan

Well drawn piece with Tiger motifs

Animal claws and shell embellishments

Estimated to be from the early-mid 1900s

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

Height: 33 CM

 

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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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