SULAWESI

Tau tau

Effigies (tau tau) are made when a noble person dies, and placed in the outdoor cliffs near a burial site. Many were plundered and sold to museums in Europe and America.

Ref: INSS1640

Location: Marante, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia. 2004

Photographer: Asbjorn M. Olsen ©