THOMAS MURRAY Spinning Wheel Base (detail) Iban Dayak, Borneo Wood 26 inches/66 cm Published: C-14 Dating of Dayak Art plate 27 2 sigma C-14 date: 1451 AD to 1523 AD (62.2%) 1573 AD to 1629 AD (33.0%) By appointment: 775 E. Blithedale #321 Mill Valley, CA 94941 415.332.3445 thomas@tmurrayarts.com www.tmurrayarts.com The Iban are distinguished among all Dayak tribes as being the greatest weavers of Borneo. They took their art very seriously, considering it to be“the warpath of the women”, the equivalent of headhunting for men.The process was magical and dangerous and required protection from powerful spirits whose image they might encode into their textiles. The strong face of a demon protector seen on the base ofthis spinning wheel no doubt helped to serve that end.
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