Tiger bells in South East Asia

Taiwan

Southeast coast
Group: Ami

Two dance costumes. One tiger bell type A, together with six ordinary bells on one costume; on the other costume: nine tiger bells type A. The bells are more or less similar to the bells from Kalimantan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Photograph by Elisabeth den Otter, during a performance in the Tropen Museum, Amsterdam (1988).

A bundle of bells, probably tiger bells type A, held by a woman, accompanying a singer. Photograph in 'The savage and the innocent' by David Maybury-Lewis(1965)

---

Go back, to the top of the page
or continue to the next page

All text and photographs are copyrighted,
for information please contact F. de Jager