A Dayak breast cloth made of woven cotton. The cloth is white in color and decorated with four stylized black water snake figures, NAGA, and four stylized human figures. The patterns cut in black were to protect the deceased on his or her journey to the realm of the dead. These are said to scare off evil spirits that want to lead them off their path

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Size: 2126px × 4993px
Location: Borneo, Malaysia / Indonesia
Photo credit: © ethnografia / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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