Podom
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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
- ^ Religion and Architecture in Premodern Indonesia: Studies in Spatial Anthropology G. Domenig, BRILL, Apr 3, 2014 page 477
- ^ Art of the archaic Indonesians Wolfgang Marschall, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts 1982 page 49