A Dayak Baby Carrier decorated for a display of wealth and prestige of a family and to protect the baby when it left the safety of the communal long house and compound. They were only used when mother and baby were away from home. The design of most women's art is defensive, designed to erect defensive barriers between their families and malignant spirits. This particular baby carrier would have been designed for a male baby as the decoration of bear teeth and claws is indicative of a male baby, female babies universally show cowrie shells. The piece is mid 20th Century made from wood, rattan, beads, bear teeth and claws and snake skin. It measures approx 14 ins (36 cm) tell, 14 ins (36 cm) wide and 5 ½ins (14 cm) deep.
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1st century BC-1st century AD. A marble portrait head of a noble Julio-Claudian boy, possibly the prince Gaius Caesar, with short hair falling in delicately incised waves, deep-set eyes, small, full lips and a distinctive, narrow chin; supplied with a custom-made stand. Property of a gentleman; previously from a German collection formed in the early 1980s. The short, wavy hairstyle, deep-set eyes and narrow chin bear similarities with a Julio-Claudian marble portrait head held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 2011.376, that is commonly identified as Gaius Caesar. Close parallels, in terms of facial shape and features, can also be made with the portrait of Gaius held by the University of Innsbruck, inv.no. I/507; see F. Krinzinger, Das Bildnis des jugendlichen Augustus von Velia, AA 1976, 91-101 for parallels. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. The child of Julia Augusta and Marcus Agrippa, Gaius was adopted by his maternal grandfather Augustus, who designated him (alongside Gaius' younger brother Lucius) as his heirs. At the age of 14, Gaius was granted the honorific title of 'Princeps Iuventutis' (Prince of Youth), and at 20 became a consul. Embarking on a military career, Gaius died whilst on campaign in Lycia at the age of 24, leaving no heirs. According to Tacitus (Annals, 1.3), Augustus' wife Livia was suspected of foul play in his death, seeking as she did to install her son Tiberius as Augustus' successor. 28 cm including stand (11"). Fine condition, small loss to nose.
1st-2nd century AD. A discoid jasper plaque with chamfered rear edge, intaglio image of an advancing bear with tree behind. Property of a South West London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; by descent 1986. See Hoey Middleton, S. Seals, Finger Rings, Engraved Gems and Amulets in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Exeter, 1998 item 59 for type. The depiction of bears on intaglios, and Roman jewellery in general is rare, with very few examples being known, such as the sardonyx cameo of a bear found at the Roman fort of Arbeia, South Shields, Tyne and Wear. 0.64 grams, 13mm (1/2"). Fine condition.
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