Ni Pollok, Legong dancer famous palace at Pura Dalem Soldier, a suburb of Denpasar, since the age of six and a half years. Originally from Banjar Kelandis, not far from Denpasar. Shudra caste village boy who never went to school, illiterate, does not know also Indonesian. photo 1949 Tropenmuseum collection

Ni Pollok, Legong dancer famous palace at Pura Dalem Soldier, a suburb of Denpasar, since the age of six and a half years. Originally from Banjar Kelandis, not far from Denpasar. Shudra caste village boy who never went to school, illiterate, does not know also Indonesian.

photo 1949

Tropenmuseum collection