Podom Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Religion and Architecture in Premodern Indonesia: Studies in Spatial Anthropology G. Domenig, Brill, 2014 p. 477
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=YB8xAQAAIAAJ Art of the archaic Indonesians