Title
A performance of a life-sized puppet known as Si gale gale
Caption
A performance of a life-sized puppet known as Si gale gale, Dressed in local ulos cloths the puppet danced and mourned as a substitute son at the funerals of men who died childless. Wet moss inside the head allowed the puppet to weep. A son was necessary for the deceased to live on among the ancestors. Indonesia. Toba Batak. 1968. Lake Toba, Northern Sumatra.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A37_383
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
32,8Mb (916,7Kb) / 10,1in x 12,6in / 3029 x 3782 (300dpi)