Sujet
A performance of a life-sized puppet known as Si gale gale
Légende
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.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A37_383
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
32,8Mo (916,7Ko) / 25,6cm x 32,0cm / 3029 x 3782 (300dpi)