Cultural History In Focus | “Baby Carriers: A Link Between Social and Spiritual Values Among the Kenyah Dayak of Borneo” by Herbert L. Whittier & Patricia R. Whittier

Punan Ba'a Baby Carrier
© Borneo Cultures Museum

Baby Carriers

A Link Between Social and Spiritual Values Among the Kenyah Dayak of Borneo

by Herbert L. Whittier & Patricia R. Whittier

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This article is generously provided by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Baby Carrier
Borneo
Wood, shell, vegetable fiber, metal, resin
Carl Lumholtz Collection
UEM22357
© Kulturhistorisk Museum Universitetet i Oslo

Baby Carrier
Borneo (Sarawak, Upper Baram-Rejang Rivers)
Wood, plant material, cone shells
2019-00757
© Asian Civilisations Museum

Baby Carrier
Borneo | Kenyah
Wood, rattan, leaf, shell
Field collected by Dr. Charles Hose
Purchased from Edward Gerrard & Sons in 1904
As1904,0416.104
© The Trustees of the British Museum

Baby Carrier
Borneo (Sarawak, Apoh River)
Wood, shell, peel, plant fiber
Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898
P624
© Penn Museum

Baby Carrier
Borneo (Kayan)
Wood, shells, Dutch colonial coins
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.555
© Yale University Art Gallery

Baby Carrier
Borneo | Kenyah, Kayan
Flannel, glass, wood, cotton, beads, rattan
TM-391-91
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Baby Carrier
Borneo | Kayan, Kenyah
Wood, shell
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection
797
© Sainsbury Centre

Baby Carrier
Borneo
Wood, cloth, shell, beads, metal, animal teeth
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.181
© Yale University Art Gallery

Baby Carrier
Borneo | Aoheng or Kayan
Wood, cloth, glass beads, shell, and brass
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2019.12.456
© Yale University Art Gallery

Baby Carrier
Borneo (Sarawak, Baram River District)
Rattan, wood, cotton, glass, mollusk shell, seed pod, rattan peel
Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898
P628
© Penn Museum

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Author | © Herbert L. Whittier, Patricia R. Whittier
Publication | Expedition Magazine vol. 30, no. 1
Year of Publication | 1988