Porte-bébé "hawat" ("havat" ou "avaat") ·  Indonésie - Bornéo, Kenyah ou Kayan Dayak · ID: 3051165

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.

Littérature comparée

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