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Baby carrier "hawat" ("havat"/ "avaat"), Indonesia - Borneo, Kenyah or Kayan Dayak, Size: H: 26,5 cm B: 32 cm (H: 10.4 inch B: 12.6 inch), ID: 3051165
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Lot 283
Auction 103

Baby carrier "hawat" ("havat"/ "avaat") ·  Indonesia - Borneo, Kenyah or Kayan Dayak · ID: 3051165

sold EUR 600
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Size
H: 26,5 cm
B: 32 cm
H: 10.4 inch
B: 12.6 inch

Description

wood, rattan, glass beads,

As well as displaying the prestige and wealth of the family, the Dayak beaded baby carrier was created to give cosmological protection to a baby when it left the safety of the communal compound with its mother.

The beaded panel (“aban”) acted as a barrier against potentially dangerous spirits who might approach from the rear. Popular motifs for the “aban” included protective dragons (“aso”), and the figures and faces of ancestor spirits.

Comparing literature

de Grunne, Bernard, Dayak from Borneo, Brussels 2015, p. 82 ff.

Asia

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