Baby Carrier
The Kayan and Kenyah natives traditionally carry their babies in rattan back carriers with wooden bottoms. These carriers are elaborately decorated with multicolored beaded panels. Ancient glass beads, bear-claws or leopard's fangs add to the spiritual protection of the baby carried within. Only babies of aristocratic families may have carriers with the full-figure motif. The curled tendril-like motif is characteristic of Kayan/Kenyah art. The central human figures are intertwined with the hornbill head motif.
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