Podom

Podom are sculpted sarcophagi traditional to the Toba Batak of Sumatra. They have the forms of longhouse roofs or boats.[1] They are made of stone which is also used for rice mortars (losung batu) and funeral urns (parholian), and statuary[2]

See also

  • Waruga, sarcophagi in northern Sumatra

References

  1. ^ Domenig, G. (3 April 2014). Religion and Architecture in Premodern Indonesia: Studies in Spatial Anthropology. BRILL. p. 477. ISBN 978-90-04-27407-5.
  2. ^ Stöhr, Waldemar (1981). Art of the Archaic Indonesians. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. p. 49.
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