Wooden effigies of the dead, called tau-tau, protect burial sites carved high in rock walls in Torajaland on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.


Hand-carved wooden effigies of the dead, known as tau-tau, are dressed and displayed near burial sites carved high in rock walls in Torajaland on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, Southeast Asia.


Size: 3300px × 2764px
Location: Londa in Torajaland on South Sulawesi in Indonesia, Southeast Asia
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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